bidden Definition

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verb bade (past tense), bidden (past participle), bidding (present participle)

formal:
archaic or literary:
1. To express (a wish or greeting, etc).

Example: We bid you welcome
2. (with an imperative) to command someone (to do a specified thing).

Example: The king bade him kneel
Thesaurus: order, demand, command, charge, direct, instruct, require, proclaim.
3. To invite them to it, or to do it.

Example: was bidden to the ceremony
Example: bid her to start
Form: bid someone to something (often)
Form: bid someone to do something

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon biddan, meaning ‘to beg' or ‘to pray'.