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Webster 1913 Edition
Betide
Be-tide′
(bē̍-tīd′)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Betided
, Obs.
Betid
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Betiding
.] To happen to; to befall; to come to ;
as, woe
. betide
the wandererWhat will
betide
the few ? Milton.
Be-tide′
,Verb.
I.
To come to pass; to happen; to occur.
A salve for any sore that may
betide
. Shakespeare
☞ Shakespeare has used it with of. “What would betide of me ?”
Webster 1828 Edition
Betide
BETI'DE
,Verb.
T.
To happen; to befall; to come to; used of good or evil.
What will betide the few?
BETI'DE
,Verb.
I.
What news else betideth here?
Shakespeare has used it with of. What would betide of thee? but this is unusual or improper.
Definition 2024
betide
betide
English
Verb
betide (third-person singular simple present betides, present participle betiding, simple past and past participle betid or betided)
Translations
(transitive) To happen to
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(intransitive) To happen; to take place; to bechance or befall
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