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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When the Queen heard these words, her vitals quivered and she groaned from a grieving heart and called to mind her brother and that which had betided him.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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
Her thoughts were with all that had betided in the past and what might have been.
From The Ordeal A Mountain Romance of Tennessee by Douglas Duer
Thereupon he told him all that had betided him and the folk wondered and extolled the perfection of the Almighty, crying "Subhána 'llah!—laud to the Lord!"
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
