What is "bade"

Bade \Bade\ (b[a^]d). A form of the past tense of Bid.

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.

Old English bæd, past tense of bid (v.).

vb. (en-simple pastbid)

1. n. an authoritative direction or instruction to do something [syn: command, bidding, dictation]

2. an attempt to get something; "they made a futile play for power"; "he made a bid to gain attention" [syn: play]

3. a formal proposal to buy at a specified price [syn: tender]

4. (bridge) the number of tricks a bridge player is willing to contract to make [syn: bidding]

5. [also: bidding, bidden, bade]

1. v. propose a payment; "The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting" [syn: offer, tender]

2. invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" [syn: wish]

3. ask for or request earnestly; "The prophet bid all people to become good persons" [syn: 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: 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]

7. [also: bidding, bidden, bade]

See bid

Bade may refer to:

Bade is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Bade (born 1970), German footballer
• Jean-Pierre Bade (born 1960), French footballer
• Josse Bade or Jodocus Badius (1462–1535), French printer
• Lance Bade (born 1971), American target shooter
• William F. Badè (1871–1936), American author and scholar
• William G. Bade (1924–2012), American mathematician