Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to betide
Participle: betided
Gerund: betiding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | betide |
| you | betide |
| he;she;it | betides |
| we | betide |
| you | betide |
| they | betide |
Perfect
| I | have betided; betid |
| you | have betided; betid |
| he;she;it | has betided; betid |
| we | have betided; betid |
| you | have betided; betid |
| they | have betided; betid |
Past
| I | betided |
| you | betided |
| he;she;it | betided |
| we | betided |
| you | betided |
| they | betided |
Pluperfect
| I | had betided; betid |
| you | had betided; betid |
| he;she;it | had betided; betid |
| we | had betided; betid |
| you | had betided; betid |
| they | had betided; betid |
Future
| I | will betide |
| you | will betide |
| he;she;it | will betide |
| we | will betide |
| you | will betide |
| they | will betide |
Future Perfect
| I | will have betided; betid |
| you | will have betided; betid |
| he;she;it | will have betided; betid |
| we | will have betided; betid |
| you | will have betided; betid |
| they | will have betided; betid |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | betide |
| you | betide |
| he;she;it | betide |
| we | betide |
| you | betide |
| they | betide |
Perfect
| I | have betided; betid |
| you | have betided; betid |
| he;she;it | have betided; betid |
| we | have betided; betid |
| you | have betided; betid |
| they | have betided; betid |
Imperfect
| I | betided |
| you | betided |
| he;she;it | betided |
| we | betided |
| you | betided |
| they | betided |
Pluperfect
| I | had betided; betid |
| you | had betided; betid |
| he;she;it | had betided; betid |
| we | had betided; betid |
| you | had betided; betid |
| they | had betided; betid |
Conditional
Present
| I | would betide |
| you | would betide |
| he;she;it | would betide |
| we | would betide |
| you | would betide |
| they | would betide |
Perfect
| I | would have betided; betid |
| you | would have betided; betid |
| he;she;it | would have betided; betid |
| we | would have betided; betid |
| you | would have betided; betid |
| they | would have betided; betid |
Imperative
| you | betide |
| we | Let's betide |
| you | betide |
Verbs conjugated like 'betide'
betide,
bleed,
breed,
crossbreed,
feed,
meet,
misfeed,
overfeed,
spoon-feed,
underfeed,
boobfeed,
bottle-feed,
breast-feed,
breastfeed,
chestfeed,
cofeed,
counterbleed,
counterfeed,
cross-breed,
forbleed, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'betide'
betie,
betime,
betine,
bede,
befie,
befile,
beguide,
bejade,
belie,
belike,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to exist; to be a reality
- bechance, befall, belimp, betime, chance, come about, come to pass, crop up, evene, eventuate, go on, hap, happen, hold, occur, pass, take place, transpire
- occur
- transpire, befall, arise, break, eventuate, happen, come, chance
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1175, from
be- +
tiden "to happen" (see tide).
2. From Middle English bityden [and other forms]; from bi- (prefix forming verbs, usually with a completive, figurative, or intensive sense) + tyden (“to come about, happen, occur; to befall, become of, happen to (someone); to be the fate of (someone); to await (someone); to fare, get along”); tyden is derived from Old English tīdan (“to befall, betide, happen”), related to tīd (“time; season; hour”) (both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂- (“to divide, share”) or its extended form *deh₂-y-, whence *dh₂ítis (“time”)) + -an (suffix forming the infinitive of most verbs). The English word is analysable as be- + tide (“(obsolete) to happen, occur”). See: Middle English '
bityden'.
Sample Sentences
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Whether good or ill betide you, trust in yourself.
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Why wayle we then? why weary we the Gods with playnts, / As if ſome euill were to her betight? / She raignes a goddeſſe now emong the ſaintes, / That whilome was the ſaynt of ſhepheardes light: / And is enſtalled nowe in heauens hight. [1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Nouember. Ægloga Vndecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC, folio 46, verso:]
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Why, how now, countrymen!
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Why flock you thus to me in multitudes?
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What accident's betided to the Jews? [c. 1589–1590 (date written), Christopher Marlo[we], edited by Tho[mas] Heywood, The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Iew of Malta. […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Nicholas Vavasour, […], published 1633, →OCLC, Act I:]
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More health and happines betide my liege, / Then can my care tunde tongue deliuer him. [1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:]
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But woe betide the wandering wight, / That treads its circle in the night. [1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Canto Third. The Hostel, or Inn.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, stanza XXV, page 157:]
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Ill betide those foul birds that delight to file their own nest, and disgust the ear with perpetual discord of ill-omened croak. [1845 July and August, John O’Sullivan, “Annexation”, in United States Magazine and Democratic Review, volume 17, number 1, page 2:]
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If he were dead what would betide of me. [c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:]
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[W]ipe thou thine eyes, haue comfort, / The direfull ſpectacle of the wracke which touch'd / The very vertue of compaſſion in thee: / I haue with ſuch prouiſion in mine Art / So ſafely ordered, that there is no ſoule / No not ſo much perdition as an hayre / Betid to any creature in the veſſel / Which thou heardſt cry, which thou ſaw'ſt ſinke: […] [1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 2, column 1:]
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The death of my ſon betiding while my ſoul was under this anxiety, I thought of nothing but reſigning my dominions, and retiring for ever from the ſight of mankind. [1764 December 24 (indicated as 1765), Onuphrio Muralto, translated by William Marshal [pseudonyms; Horace Walpole], chapter III, in The Castle of Otranto, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Lownds […], →OCLC, pages 107–108:]
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Be not dismayed whate'er betide, / God will take care of you; / Beneath his wings of love abide, / God will take care of you. [1904, “God Will Take Care of You”, Civilla Durfee Martin (lyrics), Walter Stillman Martin (music):]