Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To betide amiss or ill: happen unfortunately.
- To suffer misfortune.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To happen or come to pass unfortunately; also, to suffer evil fortune.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete, intransitive To happen or come to pass through
misfortune . - verb obsolete, transitive To suffer misfortune.
Etymologies
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Anglo-Saxon. See mis-, tide.
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