Bid

bid, v.t. to offer: to propose: to proclaim, as the banns of marriage: to invite: to command: to make an offer, and to increase the amount offered for a thing—at an auction:— pr.p. bid′ding; pa.t. bid or bade; pa.p. bid, bid′den. — n. an offer of a price.— ns. Bid′der , one who bids or offers a price; Bid′ding , offer: invitation: command; Bid′ding-pray′er , a form of prayer directed to be used before all sermons, lectures, and homilies preached apart from the daily service or holy communion—as university sermons, so called because in it the preacher is directed to bid or exhort the people to pray for certain specified objects.— To bid fair , to seem likely. [A.S. béodan ; Goth. biudan , Ger. bieten , to offer.]