\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.

\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.