DEFINITION
ABIDE:
• (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.
• (v. i.) 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.
• (v. i.) To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to
continue; to remain.
• (v. t.) To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for;
as, I abide my time.
• (v. t.) To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
• (v. t.) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
• (v. t.) To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer
for.