abidev. i.[AS. bdan; pref. - (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + bdan to bide. See Bide.]1. To wait; to pause; to delay.(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.
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The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.
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(b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.()v. t.1. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.(Tennyson.)()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. To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.()Dearly I abide that boast so vain. (Milton.)