bid

BID, verb transitive preterit tense bid or bade; participle passive bid bidden. [Latin 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.] 1. To ask; to request; to invite. Go ye into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. Mattew 22:9. This sense is antiquated, but we have the same word from the Latin, in invite, [in and bid ] 2. 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. Matthew 14:28. 3. To offer; to propose; as, to bid a price at an auction. 4. To proclaim; to make known by a public voice. Our bans thrice bid 5. To pronounce or declare; as, to bid a welcome. 6. To denounce, or threaten; as, to bid defiance. 7. To wish or pray. Neither bid him good speed. John 10:1. 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 or BID'DEN, participle passive of bid Invited; offered; commanded. BID, noun An offer of a price; a word much used at auctions.