BIDE

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay. All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. Milton.

2.
v.

To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be. Shak.

3.
v.

To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm. Shak.

4.
v.

To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.

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