bid

[L. peto, to drive at, to attack, to ask, to desire, to beseech, anciently beto; impetus. Applied to the voice, it denotes utterance, a driving of sounds, which is applied to asking, prayer, and command. Class Bd.]

é@. pret. bid, or bade; pp. bid

bid

To ask; to request; to invite. Go ye into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. Matthew 22:9. This sense is antiquated, but we have the same word from the Latin, in invite,

bid

To command; to order or direct. And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee on the water. atthew 14:28.

bid

To offer; to propose; as, to bid a price at an auction.

bid

To proclaim; to make known by a public voice. Our bans thrice bid.

bid

To pronounce or declare; as, to bid a welcome.

bid

To denounce, or threaten; as, to bid defiance.

bid

To wish or pray. Neither bid him good speed. 2 John 10. To bid beads, is to pray with beads, as the Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer. Also, to charge’ parishioners to say a number of paternosters. To bid fair, is to open or offer a good prospect; to appear fair.

bid

participle passive

or DENof bid. Invited; offered; commanded.

bid

noun

An offer of a price; a word much used at auctions.