bidden

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When and if you are bidden to the journey by a POC who has granted you a brief visit to the darker side of human nature, explore safely.

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2020

Christopher Meloni, Richard Belzer, Dann Florek, and many others may have bidden the show farewell, but Mariska Hargitay, Kelli Giddish, and, yes, Ice-T are killing it these days.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2014

Hallowed by custom on many a U. S. campus are those annual rites to which prospective football material from nearby high schools is bidden to be entertained, inspected and secured.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the U.N. majority's eyes, the U.S. action seemed to provide a prima-facie case of the kind of direct intervention that has long been for bidden by international law.

From Time Magazine Archive

He knew the flood would come, and he had bidden his son build the chest, store it with provisions, and embark in it with his wife.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton