mayhappen

American  

[may-hap-uhn] / ˌmeɪˈhæp ən /

adverb

Archaic.

1. perhaps; mayhap.

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Etymology

Origin of mayhappen

First recorded in 1520–30; short for it may happen

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Example Sentences

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mayhappen

But my will is that thou shalt not have thine armour and weapons; and there is a cause for this, which mayhappen I will tell thee hereafter.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by William Morris

"If I'd kenned you were shooting, mayhappen we could have put off loading the peat."

From The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" by Harold Bindloss

London is a great and grievous city; and mayhappen when ye come thither it shall seem to you overgreat to deal with, when ye remember the little townships and the cots ye came from.

From A Dream of John Ball; and, a king's lesson by William Morris

He spake so cheerfully that Richard looked at him askance, wondering what was toward with him, and if mayhappen anything lay underneath those words of his.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by William Morris

Said the mother: Yea, mayhappen, yet but as a bird with a string to its leg. 

From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris

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