Definition of Bidden

1. Verb. (past participle of bid) ¹

2. Verb. (past participle of bide) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bidden

1. bid [v] - See also: bid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bidden

bid size
bid sizes
bidactyly
bidaily
bidale
bidales
bidarka
bidarkas
bidarkee
bidarkees
biddabilities
biddability
biddable
biddably
bidded
bidden (current term)
bidder
bidders
biddest
biddeth
biddi-biddi
biddies
bidding
bidding contest
bidding price
bidding prices
biddings
biddy
bide
bide one's time

Literary usage of Bidden

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author by Laurence Sterne (1814)
"But thou, when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room, that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, ..."

2. Practical English for High Schools by William Dodge Lewis, James Fleming Hosic (1916)
"... you, he be bidden if we, you, they be bidden Past Tense if I, you, he were bidden if we, you, they were bidden Present Perfect Tense if I, you, ..."

3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst, Henry Brougham Brougham and Vaux (1832)
"On both those grounds the motion must be refused, but without costs. . 23. bidden v. ... bidden ..."

4. Sermons by Thomas Arnold (1874)
"None of those men which were bidden, shall taste of my supper, IT is perfectly true, that the first and immediate meaning of these words relates to the Jews ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"The judgment of the District Court of the United States for Hawaii, discharging the accused, should be affirmed. bidden by its clear, unambiguous words, ..."

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