betide
verb (used with object)
to happen to; come to; befall.
had betided
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past perfectof betide.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Thereupon the Moslems gathered together, marvelling at this that had betided the Infidels and fearing the tribesmen of the Jinn.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 07 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
So he told her what had betided him and she said, "Sorrow not, O my son; the course of the right shall be made manifest."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Brief, he acquainted her with that which had betided him of sickness and sorrow for the space of a whole year.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Sir Richard Francis Burton
He told them what had betided him and themseemed, by the host's counsel, that he were best depart Naples incontinent.
From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by John Payne
I acquainted him with all that had betided me; whereat he wondered greatly, and rejoiced and at last asked me, "Dost thou know the place?"; whereto I answered, "Yes, O my master!"
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
