bid to invite:
“I will bid the duke to the nuptial,”
AS YOU LIKE IT, v. 2. 39
;
“bid your friends,”
AS YOU LIKE IT, v. 2. 67
;
“he hath bid me to a calf's-head and a capon,”
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, v. 1.
150
;
“I am bid forth to supper,”
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, ii. 5.
11
;
“I am not bid to wait upon this bride,”
TITUS ANDRONICUS, i. 1. 338
;
“bid me to 'em,”
TIMON OF ATHENS, i. 2. 79.