Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bid \Bid\,
imp. & p. p. of {Bid}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bid \Bid\, n.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bid \Bid\ (b[i^]d), v. t. [imp. {Bade} (b[a^]d), {Bid}, (Obs.)
{Bad}; p. p. {Bidden}, {Bid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bidding}.]
[OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS.
biddian, Icel. bi[eth]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray,
ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to
persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this
word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS.
be['o]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[=o][eth]a,
Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G.
bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to
learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present
OSlav. bud[=e]ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has
the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden
to command, except in ``to bid beads.'' [root]30.]
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.
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{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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bid \Bid\, v. i. [See {Bid}, v. t.]
1. To pray. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bid
n 1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something
[syn: {command}, {bidding}, {dictation}]
2: an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for
power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" [syn: {play}]
3: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price [syn: {tender}]
4: (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to
contract to make [syn: {bidding}]
v 1: propose a payment; as at sales or auctions; "The Swiss
dealer offered $2 million for the painting" [syn: {offer},
{tender}]
2: invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" [syn:
{wish}]
3: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to
become good persons" [syn: {beseech}, {entreat}, {adjure},
{press}, {conjure}]
4: make a demand in card games, as for a card or a suit or a
show of hands; "He called his trump" [syn: {call}]
5: make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid
for the attention of the poor population"
6: ask someone in a friendly way to do something [syn: {invite}]
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