bidden Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb propose a payment
    tender; bid; offer.
    • The Swiss dealer offered $2 million for the painting
  2. verb invoke upon
    wish; bid.
    • wish you a nice evening
    • bid farewell
  3. verb ask for or request earnestly
    beseech; bid; entreat; press; adjure; conjure.
    • The prophet bid all people to become good persons
  4. verb make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands
    bid; call.
    • He called his trump
  5. verb make a serious effort to attain something
    bid.
    • His campaign bid for the attention of the poor population
  6. verb ask someone in a friendly way to do something
    bid; invite.

WordNet


Bid"den past participle
Definitions
  1. of Bid.

Webster 1913