Word Definition

Abide

  1. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
  2. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
  3. To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
  4. To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
  5. 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.
  6. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
  7. To wait; to pause; to delay.