From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
abide
v 1: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay
a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide,
abide, stay]
2: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear
his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a
lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the
heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
[syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear,
stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer,
put up]