abide

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 ]