betide

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: be=tide

CIDE DICTIONARY

betide, v. t. [OE. bitiden; pref. bi-, be- + tiden, fr. AS. tīdan, to happen, fr. tīd time. See Tide.].

 To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer.  [1913 Webster]
"What will betide the few ?"  [1913 Webster]

betide, v. i. 

 To come to pass; to happen; to occur.  [1913 Webster]
" Shakespeare has used it with of. “What would betide of me ?”"  [1913 Webster]
"A salve for any sore that may betide."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

betide, v. (only in infin. and 3rd sing. subj.) 1 tr. happen to (woe betide him).
2 intr. happen (whate'er may betide).

Etymology

ME f. obs. tide befall f. OE tidan

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

betide

Eventuality

VB happen, occur, take place, take effect, come, become of, come off, comeabout, come round, come into existence, come forth, come to pass, come on, pass, present itself, fall, fall out, turn out, run, be on foot, fall in, befall, betide, bechance, prove, eventuate, draw on, turn up, crop up, spring up, pop up, arise, show up, show its face, appear, come forth, cast up, supervene, survene, issue, arrive, ensue, arise, start, hold, take its course, pass off, meet with, experience, enjoy, encounter, undergo, suffer, pass through, go through, be subjected to, be exposed to, fall to the lot of, be one's chance, be one's fortune, be one's lot, find, endure.