bade

Verb (1)

bid (third-person singular simple present bids, present participle bidding, simple past bid or bade or (archaic) bad, past participle bid or bade or (archaic) bad or bidden)

1. (transitive) To issue a command; to tell.
   • He bade me come in.
2. (transitive) To invite; to summon.
   • She was bidden to the wedding.
3. (transitive) To utter a greeting or salutation.
   • Portia: If I could bid the fifth welcome with so good heart as I / can bid the other four farewell, I should be glad of his / approach; […]c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
4. (obsolete) To proclaim (a bede, prayer); to pray.
   • All night she spent in bidding of her bedes, / And all the day in doing good and godly deedes.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Verb (2)

bid (third-person singular simple present bids, present participle bidding, simple past and past participle bid)

1. (intransitive) To make an offer to pay or accept a certain price.
   • Have you ever bid in an auction?
2. (transitive) To offer as a price; to tender.
   • She bid £2000 for the Persian carpet.

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