abide

1. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.Examples: "The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly."Synonyms: hold on, resist, persevere, abide, astand, bear up, carry on, continuetransitive

2. (transitive) To bear patiently.Examples: ""I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one."; "VVe will be Kings and Lords within our ſelues, And not abide the pride of tyrranie."; "Neuer neuer: ſhe would alwayes ſay ſhee could not abide M[aster] Shallow."Synonyms: brook, put up with, tolerate, abear, abide, aby, accept, allowtransitive

3. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.Examples: "Diſparage not the faith thou doſt not know, / Leſt to thy perill thou abide it deare."; "If it be found ſo, ſome will deere abide it."; "Ay me, they little know / How dearly I abide that boaſt ſo vaine, / Under what torments inwardly I groane[…]"Synonyms: answer for, suffer, atonetransitive

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.Examples: "And Abraham ſaid vnto his yong men, Abide you here with the aſſe, and I and the lad will goe yonder and worſhip, and come againe to you."Synonyms: hold on, stay, abide, back that train up, bide, bide one's time, expect, deferintransitiveobsolete

5. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.intransitiveobsolete

6. (intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.Examples: "One generation passeth away, and another generation commeth: but the earth abideth for euer."; "Let euery man abide in the ſame calling wherein he was called."; "But they constrained him, saying, Abide with vs, for it is towards euening, and the day is farre spent: And he went in, to tarrie with them."Scotlandarchaicintransitive