Abide
Abide ({not transcribed}) , intransitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon ābīdan; pref. ā- (compare Gothic us-, German er-, orig. meaning out) + bīdan to bide. See Bide.]
1.
To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obsolete] — 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.
3.
To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
Let every man abide in the same calling.
The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first.
Abide , transitive verb
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.
Bonds and afflictions abide me.
[[Obs.], with a personal object.
2.
To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
[Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it.
3.
To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
She could not abide Master Shallow.
[Confused with aby to pay for. See Aby.]
4.
To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
Dearly I abide that boast so vain.