Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to betime
Participle: betimed
Gerund: betiming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | betime |
| you | betime |
| he;she;it | betimes |
| we | betime |
| you | betime |
| they | betime |
Perfect
| I | have betimed |
| you | have betimed |
| he;she;it | has betimed |
| we | have betimed |
| you | have betimed |
| they | have betimed |
Past
| I | betimed |
| you | betimed |
| he;she;it | betimed |
| we | betimed |
| you | betimed |
| they | betimed |
Pluperfect
| I | had betimed |
| you | had betimed |
| he;she;it | had betimed |
| we | had betimed |
| you | had betimed |
| they | had betimed |
Future
| I | will betime |
| you | will betime |
| he;she;it | will betime |
| we | will betime |
| you | will betime |
| they | will betime |
Future Perfect
| I | will have betimed |
| you | will have betimed |
| he;she;it | will have betimed |
| we | will have betimed |
| you | will have betimed |
| they | will have betimed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | betime |
| you | betime |
| he;she;it | betime |
| we | betime |
| you | betime |
| they | betime |
Perfect
| I | have betimed |
| you | have betimed |
| he;she;it | have betimed |
| we | have betimed |
| you | have betimed |
| they | have betimed |
Imperfect
| I | betimed |
| you | betimed |
| he;she;it | betimed |
| we | betimed |
| you | betimed |
| they | betimed |
Pluperfect
| I | had betimed |
| you | had betimed |
| he;she;it | had betimed |
| we | had betimed |
| you | had betimed |
| they | had betimed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would betime |
| you | would betime |
| he;she;it | would betime |
| we | would betime |
| you | would betime |
| they | would betime |
Perfect
| I | would have betimed |
| you | would have betimed |
| he;she;it | would have betimed |
| we | would have betimed |
| you | would have betimed |
| they | would have betimed |
Imperative
| you | betime |
| we | Let's betime |
| you | betime |
Verbs conjugated like 'betime'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'betime'
belime,
berime,
betide,
betie,
betine,
retime,
become,
bedim,
befie,
befile,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to exist; to be a reality
- bechance, befall, belimp, betide, chance, come about, come to pass, crop up, evene, eventuate, go on, hap, happen, hold, occur, pass, take place, transpire
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English bitimen (“to happen”); equivalent to be- + time (verb). Compare betide.
Sample Sentences
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Away, away, no time ſhalbe omitted, / That will be time and may by vs be fitted. [c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:]