Definition: bide

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

bide
     v : dwell (archaic); "You can stay with me while you are in
         town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn:
         abide, stay]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Bide \Bide\, v. t.
   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.   --Shak.

   2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.
Bide \Bide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bided; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Biding.] [OE. biden, AS. b[=i]dan; akin to OHG. b[=i]tan,
   Goth. beidan, Icel. b[=i]??; perh. orig., to wait with trust,
   and akin to bid. See Bid, v. t., 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. --Milton.

   2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or
      state; to continue to be. --Shak.