misbid

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/mɪsˈbɪd//ˈmɪsbɪd/

verb

To injure; mistreat.

OriginMiddle English misbidden ← Old English misbēodan →
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Meanings

verbmisbid (third-person singular simple present misbids, present participle misbidding, simple past misbid or misbad or misbade, past participle misbidden)

present singular third person misbids · participle present misbidding · past misbad · past misbade · participle past misbidden · alternative obsolete misbede

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo injure; mistreat.
  2. obsoletetransitiveTo insult; offend.
  3. ambitransitiveTo make an incorrect offer or bid.

    I did my bids for that month and I misbid, and I bid all weekends.

    1988, Madeleine M. Leininger, Care, discovery and uses in clinical and community nursing
  4. ambitransitivecard gamesTo bid incorrectly; bid higher or lower than actual.

    After apologizing profusely for his errors on the first two hands, he misbid the last hand and they ended up in fifth place.

    2004, Jim Priebe, Takeout Double: A Bridge Mystery
nounmisbid (plural misbids)

plural misbids · alternative obsolete misbede

  1. A mistake in a bid or offer; a wrong offer or bid.

    If you explode quite often because of misplays or misbids by the 'moron' who is ruining your game, your temper-ridden body is a good target for a sudden elevation of blood pressure, a stroke, a coronary attack.

    2003, Alan Sontag, The Bridge Bum: My Life and Play, page 98

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
abusedisrespecthurtoffendscandalscatheslag offslurspitewound

Origin

  1. Old Englishmisbēodan“to ill-use, injure, do wrong to, announce wrongly”
  2. Middle Englishmisbeden“to mistreat; abuse; outrage; offend; insult”
  3. Middle Englishmisbidden
  4. Englishmisbid

From the fusion of Middle English misbidden (to mistreat; equivalent to mis- + bid) and Middle English misbeden (“to mistreat; abuse; outrage; offend; insult”), from Old English misbēodan (“to ill-use, injure, do wrong to, announce wrongly”), equivalent to mis- + bid (“to offer, declare”).

More words from Middle English, Old English

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with misbid

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APA

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Chicago

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