Bid , v. i. [See Bid, v. t.]
1. To pray. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
2. To make a bid; to state what
one will pay or take.
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.
Bid (&?;), imp. & p. p. of
Bid.
Bid (b&ibreve;d),
v. 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. teiqein
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. pynqa`nesqai 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.
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