BETIDING

Verb

betiding

present participle of betide

Anagrams

• debiting

Source: Wiktionary


BETIDE

Be*tide", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betided, Obs. Betid; p. pr. & vb. n. Betiding.] Etym: [OE. bitiden; pref. bi-, be- + tiden, fr. AS. tidan, to happen, fr. tid time. See Tide.]

Definition: To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer. What will betide the few Milton.

Be*tide", v. i.

Definition: To come to pass; to happen; to occur. A salve for any sore that may betide. Shak.

Note: Shakespeare has used it with of. "What would betide of me "

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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