abide

verb12

1. •
   To endure without yielding; to withstand.

   • The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
2. •
   Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).

   • The new teacher was strict and the students did not want to abide by his rules.
3. •
   To bear patiently.

   • "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
4. •
   To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.

   • […]And shalt abide her judgment on it. — 1859
5. •
   To pay for; to take the consequences of.

   • Disparage not the faith thou dost not know, / Lest to thy perill thou abide it deare. — 1595
6. •
   (no longer used) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
7. •
   (Scotland, no longer used) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.

   • One generation passeth away, and another generation commeth: but the earth abideth for euer. — 1611
8. •
   (no longer used) To endure; to remain; to last.

   • The Dude abides. — 1998
9. •
   (no longer used) To have one's abode.

   • And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsell abide with vs a few dayes, at the least ten ; after that, she shall goe. — 1611
10. •
    (no longer used) To wait in expectation.

    • And Abraham said vnto his yong men, Abide you here with the asse, and I and the lad will goe yonder and worship, and come againe to you. — 1611
11. •
    (no longer used) To stand ready for; to await someone; watch for.

    • Saue that the holy Ghost witnesseth in euery city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. — 1611
12. •
    (no longer used) To pause; to delay.