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   Abide , 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.]
    To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   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.
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   Let the damsel abide with us a few days.
   Gen. xxiv. 55.
   
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   To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
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   Let every man abide in the same calling.
   1 Cor. vii. 20.
   
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   Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain.
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   The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first.
   Fielding.
   
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   (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.
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   Abide, v. t.
   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.
   
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   [[Obs.], with a personal object.
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   Bonds and afflictions abide me.
   Acts xx. 23.
   
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   To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
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   [Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it.
   Tennyson.
   
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   To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
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   She could not abide Master Shallow.
   Shak.
   
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   [Confused with aby to pay for. See Aby.] To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
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   Dearly I abide that boast so vain.
   Milton.
   
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