Hap and Proceeding

noun

• An accidental happening.
  • usage: "he recorded all the little haps and mishaps of his life"

verb

• Come to pass.
  • usage: "What is happening"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
  • synonyms: happen, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

• (v.t.) To clothe; to wrap.
• (v.i.) To happen; to befall; to chance.
• (n.) That which happens or comes suddenly or unexpectedly; also, the manner of occurrence or taking place; chance; fortune; accident; casual event; fate; luck; lot.
• (n.) A cloak or plaid.

noun

• Law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked.
  • synonyms: legal proceeding, proceedings

verb

• Continue talking.
  • usage: "I know it's hard" he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on-pretend we are not in the room"
  • synonyms: continue, go on, carry on, proceed
• Move ahead; travel onward in time or space.
  • usage: "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now"
  • synonyms: proceed, go forward, continue
• Follow a procedure or take a course.
  • usage: "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
  • synonyms: go, proceed, move
• Follow a certain course.
  • usage: "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go"
  • synonyms: proceed, go
• Continue a certain state, condition, or activity.
  • usage: "Keep on working"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
  • synonyms: continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep

• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Proceed.
• (n.) The course of procedure in the prosecution of an action at law.
• (n.) The act of one who proceeds or who prosecutes a design or transaction; progress or movement from one thing to another; a measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.