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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Abide

A-bide', v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. ABODE, formerly ABID; p. pr. & vb. n. ABIDING.] [A-S. abidan, bidan, O. Sax. bidan, O. H. Ger. biten, Goth. beidan, D. beiden, Sw. bida, Dan. bie, for bide. See BIDE and ABY.] 1. To stay or continue in a place; to take up one's abode; to dwell. Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55. 2. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; as, to abide by a contract. Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20.

A-bīde′, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; as, I abide my time. Bonds and afflictions abide me. Acts xxii. 23.

  1. To bear or endure, i. e., to remain firm under. Who can abide the fierceness of his anger? Nahum i. 6.
  2. To bear patiently; to tolerate. “She could not abide Master Shallow.” Shak.
  3. To endure in its consequences.

Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton.