misbid

• misbede (obsolete)

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”).

• IPA^(key): (verb) /mɪsˈbɪd/

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• IPA^(key): (noun) /ˈmɪsbɪd/

• Rhymes: -ɪd

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

1. (transitive, obsolete) To injure; mistreat.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To insult; offend.
3. (ambitransitive) To make an incorrect offer or bid.
   • 1988, Madeleine M. Leininger, Care, discovery and uses in clinical and community nursing:

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

4. (ambitransitive, card games) To bid incorrectly; bid higher or lower than actual.
   • 2004, Jim Priebe, Takeout Double: A Bridge Mystery:

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

• misbidding

misbid (plural misbids)

1. A mistake in a bid or offer; a wrong offer or bid.
   • 2003, Alan Sontag, The Bridge Bum: My Life and Play, page 98:

     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.