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, ditransitive, with accusative and dative) to present (one's greetings etc.)
2. (literary, archaic, ditransitive, with accusative and zu) to summon
   • 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.