Meaning

2 senses
  1. (obsolete)Prayer, request, supplication

  2. (obsolete)Rosary.

More definitions
  • (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735)

Examples

18 sentences
  1. The young man bade farewell to his comrades and relatives.

    Молодий чоловік попрощався зі своїми друзями та родичами. — aandrusiak

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  2. I bade farewell to the guests.

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  3. I bade good night to her.

    ruЯ пожелал ей спокойной ночи. — Hellerick

    deIch sagte ihr gute Nacht. — xtofu80

  4. I bade the boy go out.

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  5. He bade farewell to the students.

    deEr verabschiedete sich von den Schülern. — Yorwba

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Origin

From Middle English bēde (“prayer, request, supplication, order, command, rosary, bead”),

From Middle English bēde (“prayer, request, supplication, order, command, rosary, bead”), from Old English ġebed (“prayer, petition, supplication, religious service, an ordinance”), from Proto-West Germanic *bed, from Proto-Germanic *bedą (“prayer, entreaty”). Cognate with Dutch gebed and bede, German Gebet.

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Forms

plural: bedes
Singularbede
Pluralbedes

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735):Saint BedeSt. BedeBaedaSaint BaedaSt. BaedaBedaSaint BedaSt. Beda

See also

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