betide
verb (used with object)
to happen to; come to; befall.
have betided
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present perfectof betide.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Almighty Allah forbid thou ill in health or that aught have betided thee to cause thy displeasure or to make thee melancholy.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
But for my goodname, thou shouldst have seen what would have betided thee of humiliation and chastisement; yet on account of the festival none may speak.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Sir Richard Francis Burton
