Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Abode \A*bode"\, n. [See {Bode}, v. t.]
   An omen. [Obs.]

         High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with
         true abodes.                             --Chapman.

Abode \A*bode"\, v. t.
   To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] --Shak.

Abode \A*bode"\, v. i.
   To be ominous. [Obs.] --Dryden.

Abode \A*bode"\,
   pret. of {Abide}.

Abode \A*bode"\, n. [OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See
   {Abide}. For the change of vowel, cf. abode, imp. of abide.]
   1. Act of waiting; delay. [Obs.] --Shak.

            And with her fled away without abode. --Spenser.

   2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.

            He waxeth at your abode here.         --Fielding.

   3. Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place;
      residence; a dwelling; a habitation.

            Come, let me lead you to our poor abode.
                                                  --Wordsworth.

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}]

abode
     n 1: any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a
          person can have several residences" [syn: {residence}]
     2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest
        dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide
        homes for the homeless" [syn: {dwelling}, {home}, {domicile},
         {habitation}, {dwelling house}]

abode
     See {abide}