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- verb archaic Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bid .
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Examples
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Captain biddeth thee come to supper and bring thy comrade.
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Firstly, I'd like to take this opportunity to announce that the Lobster God I worship (blessed and delicious be He) has biddeth (He has a bad lisp) that I observe the sacred holiday known to the heathens as "Presidents Day."
Like, BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz? BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Now a Satan had entered the belly of the idol and speaking as with its tongue, said, “O King, there is come to thy city one hight Gharib, King of Al – Irak, who biddeth the folk quit their belief and worship his Lord; wherefore, when they bring him before thee, look thou spare him not.”
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Quoth the Minister, “O my lord, go thou to him and say to him, ‘King Shams Al – Daulah saluteth thee and biddeth thee honour his dwelling with thy presence and eat of a banquet he hath made for thee;’” Quoth the eunuch,
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Quoth Shawahi, “Thy sister, Queen Nur al-Huda, biddeth thee clothe thy sons in the two habergeons which she fashioned for them and send them to her by me, and I will take them and forego thee with them and be the harbinger of glad tidings and the announcer of thy coming to her.”
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Thereupon I arose and entered the vestibule and sat down on the settle there, and, as I sat, lo! another damsel came out and said to me, ‘O my lord my mistress biddeth thee enter and sit down at the door of the saloon, to receive thy money.’
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For the deity hates violence, and biddeth all men get lawful gains without plundering others.
Helen 2008
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The King agreed to this and despatched one of his Emirs, Othman hight, to go and invite Judar and say to him, “The King biddeth thee to a banquet;” and the King said to him, “Return not, except with him.”
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For the deity hates violence, and biddeth all men get lawful gains without plundering others.
Helen 2008
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Manar al-Sana was about to set out upon the journey, behold, a chamberlain of the King, her sire, came in to her and kissing the ground before her, said, “O Princess, the Supreme King, thy father saluteth thee and biddeth thee to him.”
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