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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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.]
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.
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. 2 John 10.
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, pp. of bid. Invited; offered; commanded.
BID, n. An offer of a price; a word much used at auctions.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an authoritative direction or instruction to do something [syn: command, bid, bidding, dictation]
2: an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" [syn: bid, play]
3: a formal proposal to buy at a specified price [syn: bid, tender]
4: (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make [syn: bid, bidding] v
1: propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting" [syn: offer, bid, tender]
2: invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" [syn: wish, bid]
3: ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: bid, beseech, entreat, adjure, press, conjure]
4: make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands; "He called his trump" [syn: bid, call]
5: make a serious effort to attain something; "His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population"
6: ask someone in a friendly way to do something [syn: invite, bid]

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation bachelor of industrial design

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (bade or bid; bidden or bid; also bade; bidding) Etymology: partly from Middle English bidden, from Old English biddan; akin to Old High German bitten to entreat, and perhaps to Sanskrit b?dhate he presses; partly from Middle English beden to offer, command, from Old English b?odan; akin to Old High German biotan to offer, Greek pynthanesthai to examine, Sanskrit bodhi enlightenment Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. obsolete beseech, entreat b. to issue an order to ; tell <did as I was bid> c. to request to come ; invite 2. to give expression to <bade a tearful farewell> 3. a. offer — usually used in the phrase to bid defiance b. past and past participle bid (1) to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance (2) to make a bid of or in (a suit at cards) intransitive verb to make a bid Synonyms: see command • bidder noun II. noun Date: 1788 1. a. the act of one who bids b. a statement of what one will give or take for something; especially an offer of a price c. something offered as a bid 2. an opportunity to bid 3. invitation 4. a. an announcement of what a cardplayer proposes to undertake b. the amount of such a bid c. a biddable bridge hand 5. an attempt or effort to win, achieve, or attract <a bid for reelection> III. abbreviation Etymology: Latin bis in die twice a day

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v. (bidding; past bid, archaic bade; past part. bid, archaic bidden) 1 tr. & intr. (past and past part. bid) (often foll. by for, against) a (esp. at an auction) offer (a certain price) (did not bid for the vase; bid against the dealer; bid £20). b offer to do work etc. for a stated price. 2 tr. archaic or literary a command; order (bid the soldiers shoot). b invite (bade her start). 3 tr. archaic or literary a utter (greeting or farewell) to (I bade him welcome). b proclaim (defiance etc.). 4 (past and past part. bid) Cards a intr. state before play how many tricks one intends to make. b tr. state (one's intended number of tricks). --n. 1 a (esp. at an auction) an offer (of a price) (a bid of £5). b an offer (to do work, supply goods, etc.) at a stated price; a tender. 2 Cards a statement of the number of tricks a player proposes to make. 3 colloq. an attempt; an effort (a bid for power). Phrases and idioms: bid fair to seem likely to. make a bid for try to gain (made a bid for freedom). Derivatives: bidder n. Etymology: OE biddan ask f. Gmc, & OE beodan offer, command

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bid Bid, imp. & p. p. of Bid.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bid Bid, 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bid Bid (b[i^]d), v. t. [imp. Bade (b[a^]d), 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. bi[eth]ja, 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. be['o]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[=o][eth]a, 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. bud[=e]ti 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.'' [root]30.] 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). 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. Neither bid him God speed. --2. John 10. He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille. 3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly obs.] ``Our banns thrice bid !'' --Gay. 4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command. That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt. xiv. 28 I was bid to pick up shells. --D. Jerrold. 5. To invite; to call in; to request to come. As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. --Matt. xxii. 9 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. Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bid Bid (b[i^]d), v. t. [imp. Bade (b[a^]d), 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. bi[eth]ja, 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. be['o]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[=o][eth]a, 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. bud[=e]ti 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.'' [root]30.] 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). 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. Neither bid him God speed. --2. John 10. He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille. 3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly obs.] ``Our banns thrice bid !'' --Gay. 4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command. That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt. xiv. 28 I was bid to pick up shells. --D. Jerrold. 5. To invite; to call in; to request to come. As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. --Matt. xxii. 9 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. Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bid Bid (b[i^]d), v. t. [imp. Bade (b[a^]d), 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. bi[eth]ja, 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. be['o]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[=o][eth]a, 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. bud[=e]ti 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.'' [root]30.] 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). 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. Neither bid him God speed. --2. John 10. He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille. 3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly obs.] ``Our banns thrice bid !'' --Gay. 4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command. That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt. xiv. 28 I was bid to pick up shells. --D. Jerrold. 5. To invite; to call in; to request to come. As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. --Matt. xxii. 9 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. Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bid Bid, v. i. [See Bid, v. t.] 1. To pray. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

I. ATTEMPTING OR OFFERING (bids, bidding) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: The form 'bid' is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. 1. A bid for something or a bid to do something is an attempt to obtain it or do it. (JOURNALISM) ...Sydney's successful bid for the 2000 Olympic Games... The Government has already closed down two newspapers in a bid to silence its critics. = attempt N-COUNT: N for n, N to-inf 2. A bid is an offer to pay a particular amount of money for something that is being sold. Hanson made an agreed takeover bid of £351 million. N-COUNT 3. If you bid for something or bid to do something, you try to obtain it or do it. Singapore Airlines is rumoured to be bidding for a management contract to run both airports... I don't think she is bidding to be Prime Minister again. VERB: V for n, V to-inf 4. If you bid for something that is being sold, you offer to pay a particular amount of money for it. She decided to bid for a Georgian dressing table... The bank announced its intention to bid... He certainly wasn't going to bid $18 billion for this company. VERB: V for n, V, V n • bidding The bidding starts at £2 million. II. SAYING SOMETHING (bids, bidding, bade, bidden) Note: American English sometimes uses the form 'bid' for the past tense. If you bid someone farewell, you say goodbye to them. If you bid them goodnight, you say goodnight to them. (FORMAL) She bade farewell to her son... I bade her goodnight. = wish VERB: V n to n, V n n see also bidding

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Variously signifying, according to six Hebrew and as many Greek originals:

(1) "to command" (Nu 14:10; Mt 1:24 the King James Version, prostasso);

(2) "to prescribe" or "order" (Joh 2:2);

(3) "to consecrate," and so rendered in the Revised Version (British and American) (Ze 1:7; compare 1Sa 16:5);

(4) eipon, "to say" or "tell" (Mt 16:12);

(5) "to call" i.e. "invite" (kaleo), conspicuously used in this sense in Christ's parables of the Marriage Feast (Mt 22:3- 9) and of the Great Supper (Lu 14:7-24);

(6) "to take leave of," appotasso (Lu 9:61).

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. Offer (of a price), bidding, proposal. II. v. a. 1. Command, order, require, charge, enjoin, direct, summon. 2. Invite, ask, request, call, solicit, pray. 3. Wish, greet, say. 4. Offer, propose, proffer, tender.

Airports

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Airport Code	BID
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ANE
FAA District	NONE
State	RI
State	RHODE ISLAND
County	WASHINGTON
County State	RI
City Name	BLOCK ISLAND
Full Name	BLOCK ISLAND STATE
Owner Type	PU
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Facility City, State, Zip	"WARWICK, RI 02886"
Elevation	108
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	NEW YORK
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	01
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NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGY
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	N
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
Control Tower	N
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	005
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Air Taxi	008209
General Aviation, Local Operations	000893
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	010883
Military Aircraft Operations	000102
Latitude	41.1681111111
Longitude	-71.5778333333
State FIPS code	44
State Postal Code	RI
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	6760
Version	09

Moby Thesaurus

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