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bidded

bidded is the simple past and past participle of bid.

Meaning of bid

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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Questions about bidded

What is bidded the simple past and past participle of?
Bidded is the simple past and past participle of bid.

Words near bidded in the dictionary

  1. biddable
  2. biddableness
  3. biddably
  4. biddance
  5. biddances
  6. bidded
  7. biddedst
  8. biddee
  9. biddees
  10. Biddeford
  11. Biddelian

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