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.
, with a personal object.
Bonds and afflictions abide me.
Acts xx. 23.
2. To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
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. [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.