different between edict vs bidding

English

Etymology

From Middle English edycte, borrowed from Latin edictum; earlier form edit, from Old French edit, from the same Latin word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i?.d?kt/

Noun

edict (plural edicts)

1. A proclamation of law or other authoritative command.

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Anagrams

• cited, ticed

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch edict, from Latin ?dictum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e??d?kt/
• Hyphenation: edict
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

edict n (plural edicten, diminutive edictje n)

1. edict

Descendants

• Afrikaans: edik

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin edictum

Noun

edict n (plural edicte)

1. edict

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?d??/
• Rhymes: -?d??

Verb

bidding

1. present participle of bid

Noun

bidding (plural biddings)

1. That which one is bidden to do; a command.
2. The act of placing a bid.
   • 1912, Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle, English Farming, Past and Present (page 322)

     Their biddings forced existing owners into ruinous competition; they mortgaged their ancestral acres to buy up outlying properties or round off their boundaries.

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