Definition of "bade" []

• A past tense of bid. (verb)

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• "A brave man, she told herself as she went bade from the door, and a splendid type of the race."
• "Then Ala al-Din bade them unload the mule; and pitch the tent; so they did his bidding and abode there till the middle of the night, when he went out to obey"
• "Chamberlain bade the tent pitchers set up a pavilion spacious enough to receive the subjects flocking to their Sultan, they planted a splendid Sháhmiyánah327 befitting Kings."