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bede | bade |

As an adjective bede

is motherless.

As a conjunction bade is

both.

As a noun bade is

.

bede

English

Alternative forms

* bead

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , from (etyl). Cognate with (etyl) gebed and bede, (etyl) Gebet.

Noun

(en-noun)
  • prayer, request, supplication
  • * 1875 March, in Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science , Volume 15 Number 87:
    • Thus originated the alms-(or bede -) houses so frequently met with in the retired villages of England.
  • * 1885 , Richard F. Burton, The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night :
    • By Allah thy bede is good indeed and right is thy rede!
  • * 2008 , Time to Ditch St. George :
    • because miracles had frequently been done at his burial-place, even at the bede -house where he was buried.
  • * 2011 , Where Did Beaded Flowers Come From? :
    • Because of the length of the original rosary, it became customary to pay someone, usually a resident of an almshouse, to recite the prayers. These people were referred to as bede women or men, and it was they who made the first bead flowers.
  • order, command
  • rosary

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . See also (l).

    Verb

  • pray, offer, proffer
  • * 1500 , The Towneley Plays :
    • Sir, a bargan bede I you.
  • request, demand, order, command, forbid
  • proclaim, declare
  • * (rfdate) Le Mort Arthur :
    • A turnement were best to bede .
  • present, counsel, advise, rede, exhort
  • * 1450 , Merlin :
    • They of londone boden hem to ben lyht of herte.

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mining) A kind of pickaxe.
    • References
    (Webster 1913) * Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, 1911 * Middle English Dictionary ----

    bade

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (bid)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=22 citation , passage=Pancho, the major-domo, came up to say that Colonel Morales was waiting below. Appleby bade him bring out cigars and wine, and rose from his seat when Morales came in.}}

    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

    References

    Anagrams

    * * * English irregular simple past forms ----