Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

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. — 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
The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. — Fielding

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. — Tennyson
Bonds and afflictions abide me. — Acts xx. 23

[[Obs.], with a personal object.

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. — Shakespeare

[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. — Milton