Bade
[beɪd;bæd] or [bed]
Definition
(-) A form of the pat tense of Bid.
(imp.) of Bid
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Definition
pa.t. of Bid.
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Examples
- Indeed Captain Rawdon himself was much more affected at the leave-taking than the resolute little woman to whom he bade farewell. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Esmeralda did as she was bade. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She wept, however, as she bade me farewell, and entreated me to return happy and tranquil. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Well, we came to the old boat again in good time at night; and there Mr. and Mrs. Barkis bade us good-bye, and drove away snugly to their own home. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- It was that in which Harry Montague, after a sad, almost monosyllabic scene of parting with Miss Dyas, bade her good-bye, and turned to go. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Whispering Sikes that there was no fear of her relapsing, Fagin took up his hat and bade him good-night. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Ten years ago I bade them good-by; since my fourteenth year they and I had never met. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I bade him good-night and left him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- After that, Mr. Brooke remembered that there was a packet which he had omitted to send off from the Grange, and he bade everybody hurriedly good-by. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He obeyed the order, but bade his command adieu when he got them to Jackson, and went to St. Louis and reported himself. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And so, with injunctions to Miss Sharp to be ready at five in the morning, he bade her good night. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Gurt pulled this in easily by the painter, and then bade Crispin get into it, so as to keep it off from the wall as it was towed along. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- At two o'clock he bade me good-day, complimented me upon the amount that I had written, and locked the door of the office after me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She bade him good night in a broken voice, and went out into the street. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Some came to me and asked permission to go, saying that they were tired of the war and would not be caught in the ranks again, and I bade them go. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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