Word Meanings - VALEDICTION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A farewell; a bidding farewell. Donne. (more info) farewell; vale farewell +

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• FAREWELL
  Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression
• BIDDABLE
  Obedient; docile.
• DONNEE
  Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley. That favorite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own. Saintsbury.
• BIDDING PRAYER
  The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.
• BIDDY
  A name used in calling a hen or chicken. Shak.
• BIDDER
  One who bids or offers a price. Burke.
• BIDDING
  1. Command; order; a proclamation or notifying. "Do thou thy master's bidding." Shak. 2. The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction.
• BIDDEN
  of Bid.
• BIDDERY WARE
  A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and
• FORBIDDANCE
  The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. ow hast thou yield to transgress The strict forbiddance. Milton.
• CHICKABIDDY
  A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child.
• FORBIDDENLY
  In a forbidden or unlawful manner. Shak.
• UNBID; UNBIDDEN
  1. Not bidden; not commanded. Thorns also and thistles it shall bring thee forth Unbid; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. Milton. 2. Uninvited; as, unbidden guests. Shak. 3. Being without a prayer. Spenser.
• CORDONNET
  Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.
• FORBIDDING
  Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air. Syn. -- Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive;
• OUTBIDDER
  One who outbids. Johnson.
• FORBIDDEN
  Prohibited; interdicted. I kniw no spells, use no forbidden arts. Milton. Forbidden fruit. Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. A small variety of shaddock . The name is
• FORBIDDER
  One who forbids. Milton.
• BY-BIDDER
  One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles.