Usually means: Occurred or developed unfavorably; went wrong.
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  1. mishappen: Collins English Dictionary
  2. mishappen: Wordnik
  3. mishappen: Wiktionary
  4. Mishappen: Dictionary.com
  5. Mishappen: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. mishappen: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Mishappen: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. mishappen: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. mishappen: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Mishappen: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (mishappen)

verb:  (obsolete) To encounter grief or misfortune.
verb:  (now rare) To happen through misfortune.
verb:  (intransitive) To happen ill; fare ill.

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