BID, v.t. pret. bid, or bade; pp. bid, bidden. [L. 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. Math.22.This sense is antiquated, but we have the same word from the Latin, in invite, [in and bid.] |
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