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noun

Bid n. 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.

verb

Bid v. t. (past bade; past part. bidden, bid; pres. part. bidding)

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." "He bids defiance to the gaping crowd."

3.

To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. (Mostly obs.) "Our banns thrice bid!"

4.

To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command. "That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow." "Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee." "I was bid to pick up shells."

5.

To invite; to call in; to request to come. "As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage."

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.

Synonyms: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin.

Bid v. i. (past bade; past part. bidden, bid; pres. part. bidding)

1.

To pray. (Obs.)

2.

To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.

Bid v. Imp. & p. p. of Bid.

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Etymology of 'Bid'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bid" Quotes from Famous Books

... the bloody tribunal of the inquisition, whose rigors they had refused to mitigate on Cromwell's solicitation,[***] he hoped that a holy and meritorious war with such idolaters could not fail of protection from Heaven.[****] A preacher, likewise, inspired as was supposed by a prophetic spirit, bid him "go and prosper;" calling him "a stone cut out of the mountains without hands, that would break the pride of the Spaniard, crush Antichrist, and make way for the purity of the gospel ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. - From Charles I. to Cromwell • David Hume

... my house in order to drag you out of it," he replied quietly; "so, I pray you, do as I bid you." ...

— I Will Repay • Baroness Emmuska Orczy

... trembling, vibrating, emotional creature will love one day, when the man arrives to whom imperious Nature shall bid ...

— The Dop Doctor • Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

... Colonel Esmond had left every penny of his little fortune to this boy. It was the colonel's firm conviction that the next battle would put an end to him: for he felt aweary of the sun, and quite ready to bid that and the earth farewell. Frank would not listen to his comrade's gloomy forebodings, but swore they would keep his birthday at Castlewood that autumn, after the campaign. He had heard of the engagement at home. "If Prince ...

— Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges • William Makepeace Thackeray

... captain that a strange brig had come into the harbour and anchored near us—that soon afterward Manuel Silva was seen holding some communication with the people on board. In a little time a boat came off from her, and after some conversation with a man in the boat, he said that he must bid us good-bye. No persuasions the mate used could induce him to stop, and he stepped into the boat, and nothing more had been seen of him. We were very sorry to lose him, and it struck us at the time, I remember, that there was something mysterious in ...

— A Voyage round the World - A book for boys • W.H.G. Kingston

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