(usually with "to") To have a reasonable claim; to seem likely.
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Bid-fair Sentence Examples
It is to him that the world is indebted for the introduction of methods which have already worked wonders, and bid fair to render possible the preventive treatment of all infectious diseases.
Sumatra, Java and Borneo, where active development began in 1883, 1886 and 1896, bid fair to rank before long among the chief sources of the oil supplies of the world.
The latter had become a tall, handsome stripling during his residence abroad, and bid fair to rival Bax himself in stature.