behappen

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Definition of behappen in English English dictionary

To happen

To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself

One who makes it his business to ask alms

The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars

One who is dependent upon others for support; a contemptuous or sarcastic use

One who assumes in argument what he does not prove

In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean

To cause to seem very poor and inadequate

To happen to

Beggary

The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness

Etymology

() From be- +‎ happen, analogous to befall.