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bade

American  
[bad] / bæd /

verb

  1. a simple past tense of bid.

bade British  
/ bæd, beɪd /

verb

  1. past tense of bid

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Both are alarmed by the sudden reappearance of a Frenchman nicknamed Beast, to whom they’d each bade goodbye years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Now it is off to the magnificent new stadium on the banks of the River Mersey after the men's team bade an emotional farewell to Goodison Park.

From BBC • May 26, 2025

With two blasts of its horn, MV Hebridean Isles bade farewell as it left the quay at Stornoway for a final time on Sunday, bound for Glasgow before it goes to the breakers.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2024

Mr. Xi even initiated a cheek-to-cheek hug as he bade Mr. Putin farewell on Thursday after an evening stroll in the Chinese Communist Party leadership compound in Beijing.

From New York Times • May 18, 2024

She summoned the frightened maids and bade them give the stranger the oil so that he could cleanse himself and find for him a mantle and a tunic.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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