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.
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.
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