Bid /(bĭd)/

Bid

v. t.

imp. Bade; p. p. Bidden; p. pr. & vb. n. 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.
    — 2. John 10.
    He bids defiance to the gaping crowd.
    — Granrille.
  3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly obs.]
  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.
    — 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

Phrases & Compounds
To bid beads
to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer.
To bid defiance to
to defy openly; to brave.
To bid fair
to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely.

Bid

imp. & p. p.
  1. imp. & p. p. of Bid.

Bid

n.
  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

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