bidden

[ bid-n ]
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verb
  1. a past participle of bid1.

adjective

Origin of bidden

1
First recorded in 1610–20, for the adjective

Words Nearby bidden

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How to use bidden in a sentence

  • A child soon finds out that to say "I won't" when he is bidden to do something is indiscreet as well as vulgar.

    Children's Ways | James Sully
  • There isn't a girl in a thousand who'd have done that decent thing without being bidden; but—Hello!

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • Then they began to talk among themselves: what had they done to be thus bidden to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees?

    Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. Drinkwater
  • He had acted as Ruth had bidden him; but he had no wish to be further involved in this affair, whatever it might portend.

    Mistress Wilding | Rafael Sabatini
  • Richard did as he was bidden, the little reason left him being concentrated wholly on the convincing of his fellow tippler.

    Mistress Wilding | Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for bidden

bidden

/ (ˈbɪdən) /


verb
  1. a past participle of bid

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