bidding
/ˈbɪdɪŋ/ noun B2- That which one is bidden to do; a command. · I still have lots of paperwork to do at the boss's bidding.
- The act of placing a bid.
Plural biddings
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And if he is the lovely Lady, I shall pretend to spring upon her, and so compel her to do my bidding.
But my grandfather pleaded hard, for he knew the Monkeys would drown in the river with their wings tied, and Quelala said a kind word for them also; so that Gayelette finally spared them, on condition that the Winged Monkeys should ever after do three times the bidding of the owner of the Golden Cap.
And then bidding Diana goodbye-e-e--” Here Anne broke down entirely and wept with increasing bitterness.
Caderousse quickly performed the stranger’s bidding; and after pouring some into a glass, and slowly swallowing its contents, the abbé, resuming his usual placidity of manner, said, as he placed his empty glass on the table:
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