n. The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with). [ 1913 Webster ]

The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

A judicious abidance by rules. Helps. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Abode formerly Abid p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding ] [ AS. ābīdan; pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + bīdan to bide. See Bide. ] 1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Followed by by:
To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. [ 1913 Webster ] The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ] (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time. “I will abide the coming of my lord.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ [ Obs. ], with a personal object. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bonds and afflictions abide me. Acts xx. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To endure; to sustain; to submit to. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Thou ] shalt abide her judgment on it. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with. [ 1913 Webster ]

She could not abide Master Shallow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ Confused with aby to pay for. See Aby. ] To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who abides, or continues. [ Obs. ] “Speedy goers and strong abiders.” Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who dwells; a resident. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Continuing; lasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Permanently. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Cote d'Ivoire. Population (2000) = 106, 786. [ PJC ]

a. [ LL., fr. L. ambo both + dexter right, dextra (sc. manus) the right hand. ] Using both hands with equal ease. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A person who uses both hands with equal facility. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, so many turning pictures -- a lion on one side, a lamb on the other. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of being ambidextrous; the faculty of using both hands with equal facility. Hence: Versatility; general readiness; as, ambidexterity of argumentation. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ignorant I was of the human frame, and of its latent powers, as regarded speed, force, and ambidexterity. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Double-dealing. (Law) A juror's taking of money from the both parties for a verdict. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining equally to the right-hand side and the left-hand side. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the faculty of using both hands with equal ease. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Practicing or siding with both parties. [ 1913 Webster ]

All false, shuffling, and ambidextrous dealings. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an ambidextrous manner; cunningly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being ambidextrous; ambidexterity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Bade Bid, (Obs.) Bad; p. p. Bidden Bid; p. pr. & vb. n. Bidding. ] [ OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS. biddian, Icel. biðja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray, ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS. beódan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bjōða, Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G. bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present OSlav. budēti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden to command, except in “to bid beads.” √30. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be done under a contract). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither bid him God speed. 2. John 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. Granrille. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [ Mostly obs. ] “Our banns thrice bid !” Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command. [ 1913 Webster ]

That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. Pope [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. Matt. xiv. 28 [ 1913 Webster ]

I was bid to pick up shells. D. Jerrold. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To invite; to call in; to request to come. [ 1913 Webster ]

As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. Matt. xxii. 9 [ 1913 Webster ]

To bid beads, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [ Obs. ] --
To bid defiance to , to defy openly; to brave. --
To bid fair, to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Bid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Bid, v. t. ] 1. To pray. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bid + ale. ] An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Russ. baidarka, dim. Cf. Baidar. ] A portable boat made of skins stretched on a frame. [ Alaska ] The Century. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Obedient; docile. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Bid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. biddere. ] One who bids or offers a price. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Beder or Bidar a town in India. ] A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid or damascened. [ Spelt also bidry, bidree, bedery, beder. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Command; order; a proclamation or notifying. “Do thou thy master's bidding.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (R. C. Ch.) The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Angl. Ch.) The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A familiar form of Bridget. ] An Irish serving woman or girl. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymology uncertain. ] A name used in calling a hen or chicken. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bided; p. pr. & vb. n. Biding. ] [ OE. biden, AS. bīdan; akin to OHG. bītan, Goth. beidan, Icel. bī&unr_;&unr_;; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid. See Bid, v. t., and cf. Abide. ] 1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay. [ 1913 Webster ]

All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide
In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo. [ 1913 Webster ]

Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are,
That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bidens, -entis, having two prongs; bis twice + dens a tooth. ] An instrument or weapon with two prongs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having two teeth. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot. & Zool.) Having two teeth or two toothlike processes; two-toothed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bidet, perh. fr. Celtic; cr. Gael. bideach very little, diminutive, bidein a diminutive animal, W. bidan a weakly or sorry wretch. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + digitate. ] Having two fingers or fingerlike projections. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Residence; habitation. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a grouping of plants containing two genera of erect or twining wind-pollinated herbs, the genera Cannabis and Humulus; this term is not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae.
Syn. -- family Cannabidaceae, hemp family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carabus or family Carabidae. -- n. One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a family of nocturnal, terrestrial insects consisting of the ground beetles, which feed chiefly on other insects.
Syn. -- family Carabidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Carbon + -ide. ] (Chem.) A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family including all the New World monkeys except marmosets and tamarins.
Syn. -- family Cebidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Forbade p. p. Forbidden Forbid, [ Obs. ]); p. pr. & vb. n. Forbidding ] [ OE. forbeden, AS. forbeódan; pref. for- + beódan to bid; akin to D. verbieden, G. verbieten, Icel. fyrirbjōða, forboða, Sw. förbjuda, Dan. forbyde. See Bid, v. t. ] 1. To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict. [ 1913 Webster ]

More than I have said . . .
The leisure and enforcement of the time
Forbids to dwell upon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command; to command not to enter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Have I not forbid her my house? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command; as, an impassable river forbids the approach of the army. [ 1913 Webster ]

A blaze of glory that forbids the sight. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To accurse; to blast. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall live a man forbid. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To defy; to challenge. [ Obs. ] L. Andrews.

Syn. -- To prohibit; interdict; hinder; preclude; withhold; restrain; prevent. See Prohibit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder. “I did not or forbid.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How hast thou yield to transgress
The strict forbiddance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Prohibited; interdicted. [ 1913 Webster ]

I know no spells, use no forbidden arts. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forbidden fruit. (a) Any coveted unlawful pleasure, -- so called with reference to the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden. (b) (Bot.) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus decumana). The name is given in different places to several varieties of Citrus fruits. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a forbidden or unlawful manner. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who forbids. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Repelling approach; repulsive; raising abhorrence, aversion, or dislike; disagreeable; prohibiting or interdicting; as, a forbidding aspect; a forbidding formality; a forbidding air.

Syn. -- Disagreeable; unpleasant; displeasing; offensive; repulsive; odious; abhorrent.

-- For*bid"ding*ly, adv. -- For*bid"ding*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]