• IPA: /bɪˈtaɪm/

betime (betimes, present participle betiming; past and past participle betimed)

1. (intransitive) To occur; betide.

   c. 1595–1596, W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), imprinted in London: By W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, OCLC 61366361 ↗, [Act IV, scene iii] ↗:

   Away, away, no time ſhalbe omitted, / That will be time and may by vs be fitted.

• come to pass, transpire; See also Thesaurus:happen

betime (not comparable)

1. Betimes.