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tideful, a.|ˈtaɪdfʊl|
[f. tide n. 3 b, 7 + -ful.]
†1. Seasonable, opportune, right, fit, convenient, expedient. Obs.
a1300E.E. Psalter xxxi. 7 [xxxii. 6] For þat sal bid to þe with blisse Al halegh in tideful time [Wyclif nedful time]. a1340Hampole Psalter cxliv. 16 [cxlv. 15] Þou gifis þe mete of þaim in tydefull tyme. 1382Wyclif Jas. v. 7 An erthe tilyer abijdith precious fruyt of the erthe, paciently suffringe, til he receyue tymeful [v.r. tideful] and lateful.
2. Having a full tide; filled with the tide.
1622Drayton Poly-olb. xix. 3 Stem vp his tyde-full streame, vpon that side to rise. Ibid. xxvi. 248 The lustie Salmon..stemming my tydeful Streame. 1887Blackw. Mag. Oct. 539 Up fair Bristol's tideful channel.
Hence † ˈtidefully adv., opportunely; † ˈtidefulness, a fit or expedient season; time of need.
a1340Hampole Psalter ix. 9 Helpere in tydfulnesses in tribulacioun. Ibid. 22 [x. 1] Þou dispises in tydfulnesis in tribulacyon [L. despicis in oportunitatibus in tribulacione]. Ibid., Nedfully [v.r. tidfully] þou suffirs vs to be angird and tribled. |