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Bade vs Hade - What's the difference?

bade | hade |

As a conjunction bade

is both.

As a noun bade

is .

As an adjective hade is

good (of people).

bade

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bid)
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    Usage notes

    The inflected form bade', like the form bidden, is archaic. It remains in marginal use, particularly regarding greetings as in “'''bade farewell”, but uninflected bid is significantly more common.“ Bid, bade, bidden”, ''Grammarist

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    Anagrams

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    hade

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) had, hed, hod, from (etyl) . Same as (l).

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l) (Scotland) * (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Person (in all senses).
  • (obsolete, biological) Sex; gender.
  • Order; estate; rank; degree; holy or religious orders.
  • State; condition; quality; kind.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hadien, hodien, from (etyl) . See above.

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (had)
  • (obsolete) To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain. Perhaps from a dialectal form of head.

    Verb

    (had)
  • (geology) To slope from the vertical

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) The slope of a vein or fault from the vertical; the complement of the dip

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