betide
verb (used with object)
to happen to; come to; befall.
betiding
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present participleof betide.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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I will come anon and learn what is betiding.
From The Sign of the Red Cross by Evelyn Everett-Green
There was an Ark with scrolls of the Law in the room, betiding a piety and a purse beyond the normal.
From Ghetto Comedies by Israel Zangwill
Doth she lead her hither To the wind and sun?—Ah, fain would I know What strange betiding hath blanched that brow And made that young life wither.
From Hippolytus/The Bacchae by Euripides
Then spake the Carline: "I must now look along the ways of sleep and see what is betiding."
From The Sundering Flood by May Morris
And hence their quiet looks confiding, Hence grateful instincts seated deep, By whose strong bond, were ill betiding, They'd risk their own his life to keep.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 by Various
