Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Abide \A*bide"\, 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.

   Note: [[Obs.], with a personal object.

               Bonds and afflictions abide me.    --Acts xx. 23.

   2. To endure; to sustain; to submit to.

            [Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it. --Tennyson.

   3. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.

            She could not abide Master Shallow.   --Shak.

   4.

   Note: [Confused with aby to pay for. See {Aby}.] To stand the
         consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.

               Dearly I abide that boast so vain. --Milton.

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.

Source : WordNet®

abide
     v 1: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a
          bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: {bide}, {stay}]
     2: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear
        his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure
        a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate
        the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable
        marriage" [syn: {digest}, {endure}, {stick out}, {stomach},
         {bear}, {stand}, {tolerate}, {support}, {brook}, {suffer},
         {put up}]
     [also: {abode}]