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▪ I. unˈbid, ppl. a.
Also 5 vnbedde.
[un-1 8 b.]
1. = unbidden ppl. a.
14..Gosp. Nicodemus (A.) 174 Þis messagere to ihesu knelid;..Þes baners sone gan helde And bowed to ihesu vnbedde. 1593Shakes. 3 Hen. VI, v. i. 18 Oh vnbid spight, is sportfull Edward come? 1623J. Taylor (Water P.) Discov. by Sea A vij, The waues amaine (vnbid) oft boorded vs. 1661Pepys Diary 3 Feb., So to Mr. Fox's, unbidd; where I had a good dinner and special company. 1700Dryden Iliad i. 784 He said no more but crown'd a Bowl, unbid: The laughing Nectar overlook'd the Lid. 1715Pope Iliad ii. 485 And Menelaus came, unbid, the last. 1725― Odyss. vii. 269 As yet, unbid they never grac'd our feast. 1827Pollok Course T. viii. 16 The ministers Of God's unsparing vengeance waited, still Unbid. 1876[see unboden ppl. a. 1].
†2. Unprayed for. Obs.
1590Spenser F.Q. i. ix. 54 He chose an halter from among the rest, And with it hung himselfe, vnbid vnblest.
▪ II. unˈbid, v.
[un-2 3.]
absol. To cancel a command or invitation.
1597J. King On Jonas (1618) 450 A man may impute it to unconstancy, to bid, and vnbid. 1598Florio, Disinuitare, to vnuie at any game, to vnbid, to disinuite. |