Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BE-TIDE'
BE-TIDE'BE-TIME', or BE-TIMES'
BE-TIDE', v.t. [pret. betid, or betided; pp. betid. be and tide. Sax. tidan, to happen. See Tide.]
To happen; to befall; to come to; used of good or evil. What will betide the few? – Milton.
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