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Definition of Happen upon
1. Verb. Find unexpectedly. "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake"
Generic synonyms: Find, Regain
Derivative terms: Discovery, Discovery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Happen Upon
Literary usage of Happen upon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1903)
"... ay = ' it will happen upon the actual existing conditions of things ' = ' it
will, &c. [as before].' " So also," he goes on, "with reference to the ..."
2. The Life of Jane de St. Remy de Valois, Heretofore Countess de La Motte by Jeanne de Saint-Rémy de Valois La Motte, Charles Théveneau de Morande (1791)
"... happen, upon you. He will fay, that you were unacquainted with the nature of her
... happen upon ..."
3. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients by Edward Tyson (1894)
"Pomponius Mela will have it, and I think fome others, that theie cruel Engagements
ufe to happen, upon the Cranes coming to devour the Corn the Pygmies had ..."
4. The Observatory by Royal Astronomical Society (Gran Bretaña), Royal Greenwich Observatory, NASA Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service, Royal astronomical society GB (1899)
"It will fall on March 22 if the Paschal Full Moon happen upon March 21, being a
Saturday, and on April 25 if the Paschal Full Moon happen upon April 18, ..."
5. The Observatory (1899)
"Easter-Day, therefore, must fall between March 22 and April 25, both days inclusive.
It will fall on March 22 if the Paschal Full Moon happen upon March 21, ..."
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