Be-tīde'1, v. t.
[imp. BETID or BETIDED; p. p. BETID; p. pr. & vb. n. BETIDING.] [be and tide; A-S. tīdan, to happen.] To happen to; to befall; to come to. “What will betide the few?” Milton.
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[imp. BETID or BETIDED; p. p. BETID; p. pr. & vb. n. BETIDING.] [be and tide; A-S. tīdan, to happen.] To happen to; to befall; to come to. “What will betide the few?” Milton.
To come to pass; to happen.
What news else betideth here? Shak.
☞ Shakespeare has used it with of. “What would betide of thee?” But this is unusual.