v. t. [ imp. Bade 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. biðja, 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. beódan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bjōða, 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. budēti 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.” √30. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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). [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither bid him God speed. 2. John 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. Granrille. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [ Mostly obs. ] “Our banns thrice bid !” Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command. [ 1913 Webster ]

That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. Pope [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. Matt. xiv. 28 [ 1913 Webster ]

I was bid to pick up shells. D. Jerrold. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To invite; to call in; to request to come. [ 1913 Webster ]

As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. Matt. xxii. 9 [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Bid, v. t. ] 1. To pray. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Bid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bid + ale. ] An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Russ. baidarka, dim. Cf. Baidar. ] A portable boat made of skins stretched on a frame. [ Alaska ] The Century. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Obedient; docile. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Bid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. biddere. ] One who bids or offers a price. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Beder or Bidar a town in India. ] A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid or damascened. [ Spelt also bidry, bidree, bedery, beder. ] [ 1913 Webster ]