A*bide" (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Abode (&?;), formerly Abid(&?;); p. pr.
& vb. n. Abiding (&?;).] [AS. ābīdan;
pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning
out) + bīdan to bide. See Bide.]
1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
2. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's
abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and
commonly with at or in before a place.
Let the damsel abide with us a few days.
Gen. xxiv. 55.
3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or
condition; to continue; to remain.
Let every man abide in the same calling.
1 Cor. vii. 20.
Followed by by:
To abide by.
(a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain.
The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what
he said at first.
Fielding.
(b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide
by a decision or an award.
A*bide", v. t. 1. To
wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my
time. "I will abide the coming of my lord."
Tennyson.
[[Obs.], with a personal object.
Bonds and afflictions abide me.
Acts xx. 23.
2. To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
[Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it.
Tennyson.
3. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up
with.
She could not abide Master Shallow.
Shak.
4. [Confused with aby to pay for. See
Aby.] To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer
for.
Dearly I abide that boast so vain.
Milton.
