Abide \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.

Note: [[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.

Note: [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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Abide \A*bide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abode, formerly Abid; p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding.]

[AS. [=a]b[=i]dan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[=i]dan 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)