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bide(dictionary)
bide(dictionary)

bide (iou)



bide verb. Exc. as in sense 5 now arch. & dial.
[Old English bidan = Old Saxon bidan, Old High German bitan, Old Norse biea, Gothic beidan, from Germanic.]
I. verb intrans.
Remain in expectation; wait. OE.
Remain or continue in some state or action. OE.
bide by stand firm by, adhere to.
Stay, esp. when others go. Of a thing: remain, be left. OE.
Remain in residence; dwell. ME.
II. verb trans.
Wait for, await. obsolete exc. in bide one's time, await one's opportunity. OE.
Await in resistance, face, encounter; = ABIDE 6. ME.
Endure, suffer, bear; = ABIDE 7. ME-E19.
Tolerate, put up with; = ABIDE 9. ME.