bade

«bade» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: told; ordered; asked — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

kind

archaic form

modern equivalent

told; ordered; asked

part of speech

verb, past tense of bid

meaning for a pupil

Ordered or asked someone to do something. tree →

how it differs from today

Old form of the past tense; today we say told or asked. The sentences use the same meaning.

examples

• And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. (Torah GEN.43.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• But the Fairy bade her take courage. (The Red Fairy Book) tree →
• And Jacob said unto his father: 'I am Esau thy first-born; I have done according as thou badest me. (Torah GEN.27.19, JPS 1917) tree →

primary record

bade

tests

manual 6; corpora 498 (Torah 3, tales 495, Sefer Yetzirah 0); EWT 0; ratio 56.4 (Torah alone 7.0); Wiktionary no archaic label

In the corpora

• And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
• And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him; he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
• And she went down unto the threshing-floor, and did according to all that her mother-in-law bade her.
• Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai:

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bade» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.