Meaning & use
Bidden
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Commanded, requested, or invited to do something; the past participle of 'bid.'
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The guests came as bidden, arriving promptly at seven o'clock.
He did as he was bidden without question.
A note on using this word
It survives mainly in formal or archaic phrasing, such as 'unbidden,' meaning uninvited or spontaneous.
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