Meaning of BETIDE
| Pronunciation: | | bi'tId
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | [v] become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" |
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | bechance, befall |
| |
| | See Also: | | come about, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
\Be*tide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betided}, Obs. {Betid};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Betiding}.] [OE. bitiden; pref. bi-, be- +
tiden, fr. AS. t[=i]dan, to happen, fr. t[=i]d time. See
{Tide}.]
To happen to; to befall; to come to; as, woe betide the
wanderer.
What will betide the few ? --Milton.
\Be*tide"\, v. i.
To come to pass; to happen; to occur.
A salve for any sore that may betide. --Shak.
Note: Shakespeare has used it with of. ``What would betide of
me ?''
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
| |
|
|
|