bide
VerbUS[bahyd]/baɪd/1 syllable
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Bide (…), intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Bided; present participle & verbal noun Biding.]
Origin: OE. biden, AS. bīdan; akin to OHG. bītan, Goth. beidan, Icel. bī…; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid. See Bid, transitive verb, and cf. Abide.
1. 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.— John Milton
2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be. William Shakespeare
Bide transitive verb
1. 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.— William Shakespeare
2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54