betide
English
Etymology
From Middle English betiden; equivalent to be- + tide. Compare Old English tīdan (“to betide”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəˈtaɪd/
- Rhymes: -aɪd
Verb
betide (third-person singular simple present betides, present participle betiding, simple past and past participle betid or betided)
- (transitive) To happen unto; to befall.
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act III scene ii:
- More health and happiness betide my liege / Than can my care-tuned tongue deliver him!
- c. 1595, William Shakespeare, Richard II, Act III scene ii:
- (intransitive) To happen; to take place; to bechance or befall.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii:
- […] Wipe thou thine eyes; have comfort.
- The direful spectacle of the wreck, which touch'd
- The very virtue of compassion in thee,
- I have with such provision in mine art
- So safely order'd that there is no soul,
- No, not so much perdition as an hair
- Betid to any creature in the vessel
- Which thou heard'st cry, which thou saw'st sink. […]
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii:
Synonyms
- (to happen) come to pass, occur, transpire; See also Thesaurus:happen
- (to happen to)
Derived terms
Translations
(transitive) To happen to
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(intransitive) To happen; to take place; to bechance or befall
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