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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions abide verb (abides, abiding, abode or abided, abode, abided, or (rare), abidden) (context, intransitive, obsolete) To wait; to pause; to delay. (intransitive) 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 with us a few days - Genesis 24:55 (intransitive) To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. Let every man in the same calling - 1 Corinthians 7:20 (context, transitive, obsolete with a personal object) To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I my time. I will the coming of my lord - Tennyson Bonds and afflictions me - Acts 20:23 (transitive) To endure; to sustain; to submit to. Thou shalt her judgment on it - Tennyson (transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with. She could not Master Shallow - Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 2, III-ii (context, transitive, confused with aby "to pay for") To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. Dearly I that boast so vain - Milton Etymology: From Old English abidan, ÄbÄdan. From a- (intensive) + bÄdan to wait. See to bide.      Full Definition of abide  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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