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Bide vs Bade - What's the difference?

bide | bade |

As verbs the difference between bide and bade

is that bide is to bear; to endure; to tolerate while bade is simple past of bid.

bide

English

Verb

  • (transitive, chiefly, dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.
  • (intransitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.
  • * Milton
    • All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide / In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell.
  • (intransitive, archaic, or, dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
  • (archaic) To wait for; to await.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "bide")

    Usage notes

    * The verb has been replaced by (abide) in Standard English for almost all its uses, and is now rarely found outside the expression (term, bide one's time).

    Derived terms

    * bide one's time * abide

    Related terms

    * bid * faith * fidelity

    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

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