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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

be found, be met with, be realized, bechance, befall, break, chance, come, come about, come along, come down, come off, come to pass, come true, develop, eventuate, fall, fall out, go, go off, hap, happen, happen along, happen by chance, hazard, occur, pass, pass off, pop up, take place, transpire, turn up

Dictionary Results for betide:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

betide
    v 1: become of; happen to; "He promised that no harm would
         befall her"; "What has become of my children?" [syn:
         befall, bechance, betide]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Betide \Be*tide"\ (b[-e]*t[imac]d"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   Betided, Obs. Betid; p. pr. & vb. n. Betiding.] [OE.
   bitiden; pref. bi-, be- + tiden, fr. AS. t[imac]dan, to
   happen, fr. t[imac]d time. See Tide.]
   To happen to; to befall; to come to; as, woe betide the
   wanderer.
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         What will betide the few ?               --Milton.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Betide \Be*tide"\, v. i.
   To come to pass; to happen; to occur.
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         A salve for any sore that may betide.    --Shak.
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   Note: Shakespeare has used it with of. "What would betide of
         me ?"
         [1913 Webster] Betime

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