From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Abide \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.
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Note: [[Obs.], with a personal object.
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Bonds and afflictions abide me. --Acts xx. 23.
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2. To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
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[Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it. --Tennyson.
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3. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
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She could not abide Master Shallow. --Shak.
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4.
Note: [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Abide \A*bide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abode, formerly Abid;
p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding.] [AS. [=a]b[imac]dan; pref. [=a]-
(cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[imac]dan to
bide. See Bide.]
1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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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.
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Let the damsel abide with us a few days. --Gen.
xxiv. 55.
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3. 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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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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