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Webster 1913 Edition
Bid
Bid
(bĭd)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp.
Bade
(băd)
, Bid
, (Obs.)
Bad
; p. p.
Bidden
, Bid
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bidding
.] [OE.
bidden
, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan
; akin to OS. biddian
, Icel. biðja
, OHG. bittan
, G. bitten
, to pray, ask, request, and E. bead
, also perh. to Gr. τειθειν
to persuade, L. fidere
to trust, E. faith
, and bide
. But this word was early confused with OE. beden
, beoden
, AS. beódan
, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bjōða
, Goth. biudan
(in comp.), OHG. biotan
to command, bid, G. bieten
, D. bieden
, to offer, also to Gr. πυνθάνεσθαι
to learn by inquiry, Skr. budh
to be awake, to heed, present OSlav. budēti
to be awake, E. bode
, v. The word now has the form of OE. bidden
to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden
to command, except in “to bid beads.” √30.] 1.
To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract).
2.
To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.;
as, to
bid
one welcome; to bid
good morning, farewell, etc.Neither
bid
him God speed. 2. John 10.
He
bids
defiance to the gaping crowd. Granrille.
3.
To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known.
[Mostly obs.]
“Our banns thrice bid !” Gay.
4.
To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
That Power who
bids
the ocean ebb and flow. Pope
Lord, if it be thou,
bid
me come unto thee. Matt. xiv. 28
I was
bid
to pick up shells. D. Jerrold.
5.
To invite; to call in; to request to come.
As many as ye shall find,
bid
to the marriage. Matt. xxii. 9
To bid beads
, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer.
[Obs.]
– To bid defiance to
, to defy openly; to brave.
– To bid fair
, to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely.
Syn. – To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin.
Bid
,imp.
& p.
p.
Bid
. Bid
,Noun.
An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered.
1.
To pray.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bid
BID
,Verb.
T.
1.
To ask; to request; to invite.Go ye into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. Math.22.
This sense is antiquated, but we have the same word from the Latin, in invite, [in and bid.]