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Bid

Bid (bid)
v. t.(b***ibreve]d)
Bid
[imp. Bade (b1913 webster dictionaryd
  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

Bid (bid)
imp. *** p. p.((?))
Bid
  1. imp. *** p. p. of Bid.

Bid

Bid (bid)
n.
Bid
  1. 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

Bid (bid)
v. i.
Bid
  1. To pray.
    [Obs.] Chaucer.
  2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.












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