A‐bide″ (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Abode (�), formerly Abid(�); p. pr. & vb. n.Abiding (�).] [AS. ābīdan; pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + bīdan 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.
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.