bidden

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to pray
2. (transitive) to pray to (often with a preposition phrase)
3. (formal,transitive) to bid
4. (intransitive) to hover (of birds), to use wings to remain in the same place in mid-air

Concepts

pray

beg

beseech

implore

plead

appeal

bid

request

prayer

apply

apply for

ask

ask for

seek

allure

attract

draw

crave

obtest

Hyphenated as

bid‧den

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɪdə(n)/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bidden, from Old Dutch bidden, from Proto-West Germanic *biddjan, from Proto-Germanic *bidjaną (“to ask”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰédʰyeti.