Betide
[bɪ'taɪd]
Definition
(v. t.) To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer.
(v. i.) To come to pass; to happen; to occur.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Befall, overtake, happen to, come to.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Befall, occur, happen
ANT:[See BEFALL]
Edited by Alexander
Definition
v.i. to happen to to befall—in third person and often impersonally with dative object now little used save in phrase 'woe betide!': (rare) to betoken:—pa.p. (Shak.) Betid′.
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Examples
- But woe betide the one who has committed an act of bad faith, treachery, dishonesty, or ingratitude; THEN Edison can show what it is for a strong man to get downright mad. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A restlessness, a fear of what was about to betide, a doubt as to Raymond's purposes, urged me to return without delay to his quarters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Rhoda