BID

(TELL) [verb] [T] bidding, past bid, [past simple] bade, [past participle] bidden [formal or dated] - to give (a greeting) to (someone), or to ask (someone) to do somethingThey bade her good morning. [+ two objects]I must now bid you farewell (= say goodbye to you). [+ two objects](literary) She bade her hopes farewell (= She stopped being hopeful). [+ two objects]The king and queen had bidden (= invited) guests from all over the kingdom to their daughter's christening.He bade (= asked) them (to) leave at once. [+ object + (to) infinitive]