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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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
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
With no thought of ill betiding, "Thus," we said, "life's years shall be For us twain a river gliding To a calm, eternal sea."
From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 by Charles W. Wood
The death of my son betiding while my soul was under this anxiety, I thought of nothing but resigning my dominions, and retiring for ever from the sight of mankind.
From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by William Beckford
O I know the Hand that is guiding me Through the shadow to the light; And I know that all betiding me Is meted out aright.
From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by James Mudge
