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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Abide \A*bide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abode}, formerly {Abid}; p. pr & vb n. {Abiding}.] [AS. [=a]b[=i]dan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[=i]dan to bide. See {Bide}.] 1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 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. 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.
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