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be⋅tide

  [bi-tahyd] verb, -tid⋅ed, -tid⋅ing.
Use betide in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to happen to; come to; befall: Woe betide the villain!
–verb (used without object)
2. to happen; come to pass: Whatever betides, maintain your courage.
Origin:
1125–75; ME betiden. See be-, tide 2
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be·tide   (bĭ-tīd')   
v.   be·tid·ed, be·tid·ing, be·tides

v.   tr.
To happen to.
v.   intr.
To take place; befall. See Synonyms at happen.

[Middle English bitiden : bi-, be- + tiden, to happen (from Old English tīdan; see tide2).]
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Word Origin & History

betide 
c.1175, from be- + tiden "to happen" (see tide).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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