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noun

Bidding n.

1.

Command; order; a proclamation or notifying. "Do thou thy master's bidding."

2.

The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction.

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.

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... Cobbett insolently thrust Sir Robert from the prescriptive seat of the chief of opposition, and treasury understrappers sneered at the 'queer lot' that had arrived from Ireland, little foreseeing what a high bidding that 'queer lot' would eventually command. Gratitude to Lord Grey was the hustings-cry at the end of 1832, the pretext that was to return to the new-modelled House of Commons none but men devoted to the Whig cause. The successful simulation, like everything that is false, carried ...

— Coningsby • Benjamin Disraeli

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— The Kentucky Ranger • Edward T. Curnick

... away from the king's palace, he began to feel sorry that he had spoken so rashly. For how should he ever make good his promise and do the king's bidding? He did not know which way to go to find the Gorgons, and he had no weapon with which to slay the terrible Medusa. But at any rate he would never show his face to the king again, unless he could bring the head of terror with him. He went down to ...

— Old Greek Stories • James Baldwin

... her morning's work done, came out dressed for church, bidding me a briskly sad little "Good marnin', Major!" I responded pleasantly, for in a way I liked Mrs. Sullivan, who came each day from her bare little house under the hill to make a home for Solon and our children. At least she was kind to them and ...

— The Boss of Little Arcady • Harry Leon Wilson

... naturally as grass, and were not sent as punishments upon man for failing to believe a certain creed. They found that man, through intelligence, could take advantage of the forces of nature—that he could make the waves, the winds, the flames, and the lightnings of heaven do his bidding and minister to his wants. They found that the ghosts knew nothing of benefit to man; that they were utterly ignorant of geology—of astronomy—of geography;—that they knew nothing of history;—that they were ...

— The Ghosts - And Other Lectures • Robert G. Ingersoll

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