bide

1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To bear; to endure; to tolerate.Examples: "And doubting naught right courteous all, in your accustomed wont: And gentle ears, our author he is prest to bide the brunt"Synonyms: put up withdialectaltransitive

2. (transitive, archaic) To face with resistance; to encounter; to withstand.Examples: "Tech[elles]. I heare them come, ſhall wee encounter them? / Tam[burlaine]. Keep all your ſtandings, and not ſtir a foot, / Myſelfe will bide the danger of the brunt."archaictransitive

3. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To dwell or reside in a location; to abide.Examples: "All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide / In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell."; "John Dodds, the herd who bode in the place, was standing at the door, and he looked to see who was on the road so late."Synonyms: livearchaicdialectalintransitive

4. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.Examples: "And thither wending there that night they bode."; ""Bide here," he says, "and birl the wine till I return. This is a ploy of my own on which no man follows me.""; "It’s you, it’s you must go and I must bide."Synonyms: stand byarchaicdialectalintransitive

5. (transitive, archaic) To wait for; to await.Synonyms: awaitarchaictransitive