Definition of betides Betides
We found 3 definitions of betides from 2 different sources.
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What does betides mean?
Wiktionary 
- betides (Adverb)
At any early period.
Part of speech
🔤- betides, verb, present, 3rd person singular of betide (infinitive).
WordNet
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| betide - become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?" | ||
| befall, bechance | ||
| come about, hap, take place, occur, fall out, go on, happen, pass off, pass come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- betide (v. t.)
To happen to; to befall; to come to ; as, woe betide the wanderer. - betide (v. i.)
To come to pass; to happen; to occur.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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betide
(For an event) Have a real existence.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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betide
be-tīd′, 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′. [See Tide.]
Part of speech
🔤- betide, verb, present, 1st person singular of betide (infinitive).
- betide, verb (infinitive).
