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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

... that winter evening in February, 1818, he quickly realized the religious indifference prevailing there and the contrast in this respect to the kindly and religiously inclined Ecully. Upon his arrival, no one came forward to bid him welcome. The very atmosphere of the neighborhood seemed ...

— The Life of Blessed John B. Marie Vianney, Cur of Ars • Anonymous

... abruptly and hurried away into the study, not trusting himself to say more, and omitting to bid ...

— The Scarlet Feather • Houghton Townley

... whom she called Euphrosyne. Even now I think I see her sitting in the rose arbour in the garden, with little Caleb by her side, gazing at that picture, so long, so thoughtfully, so pitifully that she seemed ready to weep; then she would, as if recalled by remorse, hug the child, and bid him run for his father; then Mr. Bernard would no sooner come than she would be so much more loving than was even her wont, that he seemed oppressed by the very fervour of her affection. Master was a quiet man, sir, and full of thought; and he soon saw that it ...

— Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI • Various

... room— I would like it in there— with me," she said, and while she stood with her face to the fire he dragged the box into the tent. Then he piled fresh fuel upon the fire and came to bid her good night. Her face was pale and haggard now, but she smiled at him, and to MacVeigh she was the most beautiful thing in the world. Within himself he felt that he had known her for years and years, and he took ...

— Isobel • James Oliver Curwood

... certainly easier for Tom to discover: but still he saw no probability that so exalted a person as Miss Walladmor would interest herself in a poor lad's sins, the most important part of which were scored at the public house. Grace, to whom he applied for information, told him to do whatever he was bid to do; to trouble his foolish head about nothing else; and then he was sure to be right. And, so saying, she opened the door and ushered him ...

— Walladmor: - And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. - In Two Volumes. Vol. II. • Thomas De Quincey

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