Betide

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Betide \Be*tide"\ (b[-e]*t[imac]d"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Betided}, Obs. {Betid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Betiding}.] [OE.
     bitiden; pref. bi-, be- + tiden, fr. AS. t[imac]dan, to
     happen, fr. t[imac]d time. See {Tide}.]
     To happen to; to befall; to come to; as, woe betide the
     wanderer.


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           What will betide the few ?               --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Betide \Be*tide"\, v. i.
     To come to pass; to happen; to occur.
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           A salve for any sore that may betide.    --Shak.
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     Note: Shakespeare has used it with of. "What would betide of
           me ?"
           [1913 Webster] Betime

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  betide
       v : become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall
           her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: {befall}, {bechance}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "betide":
     be found, be met with, be realized, bechance, befall, break,
     chance, come, come about, come along, come down, come off,
     come to pass, come true, develop, eventuate, fall, fall out, go,
     go off, hap, happen, happen along, happen by chance, hazard, occur,
     pass, pass off, pop up, take place, transpire, turn up