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betide

Main Entry:: be·tide
Pronunciation:: \bi-ˈtīd, bē-\
Function:: 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>

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