entbieten

• IPA^(key): /ɛntˈbiːtn̩/

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• Hyphenation: ent‧bie‧ten

entbieten (class 2 strong, third-person singular present entbietet, past tense entbot, past participle entboten, past subjunctive entböte, auxiliary haben)

1. (literary, transitive) to present [with dative ‘to someone’ and accusative ‘one's greetings, etc.’]
2. (literary, archaic, transitive) to summon [with accusative ‘someone’ and zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
   • 1902, Stefan Zweig, Die Wanderung:

     Und da wusste er, dass der Heiland ihn zu sich entboten.

     And then he knew that the Saviour had summoned him.