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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BETI'DE, v.t. pret. betid, or betided; pp.betid. [be and tide.]
To happen; to befall; to come to; used of good or evil.
What will betide the few?
BETI'DE, v.i. To come to pass; to happen.
What news else betideth here?
Shakespeare has used it with of. What would betide of thee? but this is unusual or improper.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn: befall, bechance, betide]

Merriam Webster's

verb Date: 12th century intransitive verb to happen especially as if by fate transitive verb to happen to ; befall — used chiefly in the phrase woe betide <woe betide our enemies>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. (only in infin. and 3rd sing. subj.) 1 tr. happen to (woe betide him). 2 intr. happen (whate'er may betide). Etymology: ME f. obs. tide befall f. OE tidan

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Betide Be*tide", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betided, Obs. Betid; p. pr. & vb. n. Betiding.] [OE. bitiden; pref. bi-, be- + tiden, fr. AS. t[=i]dan, to happen, fr. t[=i]d time. See Tide.] To happen to; to befall; to come to; as, woe betide the wanderer. What will betide the few ? --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Betide Be*tide", v. i. 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 ?''

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you say woe betide anyone who does a particular thing, you mean that something unpleasant will happen to them if they do it. (FORMAL) Woe betide anyone who got in his way. PHRASE: PHR n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. a. Befall, overtake, bechance, happen to, come to. II. v. n. Happen, befall, bechance, come to pass, occur, take place.

Moby Thesaurus

be found, be met with, be realized, bechance, befall, break, chance, come, come about, come along, come down, come off, come to pass, come true, develop, eventuate, fall, fall out, go, go off, hap, happen, happen along, happen by chance, hazard, occur, pass, pass off, pop up, take place, transpire, turn up