betide
verb (used with object)
to happen to; come to; befall.
betided
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past participleof betide.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof betide.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
betideverb (used with object)to happen to; come to; befall.
Example Sentences
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But she always took the side of right and virtue against wrong and vice, and woe betided the luckless wight who fell under the ban of her just displeasure.
From Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea by Archibald Webb
Not only was he unapprized of the disaster that had happened, but some joyous occurrence had betided.
From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Charles Brockden Brown
At this the Khalif laughed and summoning the Cadi and the witnesses, renewed the marriage-contract between Dunya and her husband, whereby there betided them the utmost of felicity and those who envied them were mortified.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III by John Payne
By Allah, O my lord, excuse me; I have told thee the truth of my case and the accident which betided me.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
Betide, betided or betid, betiding, betided or betid.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
