bide
    v 1: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay
         a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide,
         abide, stay]

Bide \Bide\, v. t.
   1. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to
      endure; to suffer; to undergo.
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            Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are,
            That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.
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Bide \Bide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bided; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Biding.] [OE. biden, AS. b[imac]dan; akin to OHG.
   b[imac]tan, Goth. beidan, Icel. b[imac]??; 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.
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            All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide
            In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or
      state; to continue to be. --Shak.
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