1. bade - Noun
2. bade - Verb
Derived from bid
A form of the pat tense of Bid.
of Bid
Source: Webster's dictionaryPompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun. Plutarch
We shall march prospering,not thro' his presence Songs may inspirit us,not from his lyre Deeds will be done,while he boasts his quiescence, Still bidding crouch whom the rest bade aspire. Robert Browning
So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return. William Shenstone
Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care; The opening bud to heaven conveyed, And bade it blossom there. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Lysander, when Dionysius sent him two gowns, and bade him choose which he would carry to his daughter, said, "She can choose best," and so took both away with him. Plutarch
When his companions wished to return to their country, and asked him what message he wished them to carry home, he bade them say this: that children ought to be provided with property and resources of a kind that could swim with them even out of a shipwreck. Vitruvius