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