ABIDE

ABI'DE, verb intransitive pert. and part. abode.abada, to be, or exist, to continue; W. bod, to be; to dwell, rest, continue, stand firm, or be stationary for anytime indefinitely. Class Bd. No 7.]1. To rest, or dwell. Genesis 29:19.2. To tarry or stay for a short time. Genesis 24:55.3. To continue permanently or in the same state; to be firm and immovable. Psalms 119:90.4. To remain, to continue. Acts 27:31. Ecclesiastes 8:15.ABI'DE, verb transitive 1. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await.Bonds and afflictions abide me. Acts 20:23.[For is here understood.]2. To endure or sustain.To abide the indignation of the Lord. Joel 2:11.3. To bear or endure; to bear patiently. 'I cannot abide his impertinence.'This verb when intransitive, is followed by in or at before the place, and with before the person. 'Abide with me - at Jerusalem or in this land.' Sometimes by on, the sword shall abide on his cities; and in the sense of wait, by far, abide for me. Hosea 3:3. Sometimes by by, abide by the crib. Job 39:9.In general, abide by signifies to adhere to, maintain defend, or stand to, as to abide by a promise, or by a friend; or to suffer the consequences, as to abide by the event, that is, to be fixed or permanent in a particular condition.

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abide. Abide, v. abode, pret. abiding pa. to stay in a place, dwell, bear, support

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A‐bide″ (�), 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.]] 1. 1. To wait; to pause; to delay. Chaucer.
2. 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.
Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55. 3. 3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding. (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.