Verb
To wait; to pause; to delay.
To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the judgment the sober second thought of the people. Rutherford B. Hayes
Others abide our question. Thou art free. We ask and ask Thou smilest and art still, Out-topping knowledge. Matthew Arnold
There is a great Field-Marshal, my friend, who arrays our battalions; Let us to Providence trust, and abide and work in our stations. Arthur Hugh Clough
Aspire to the principle, behave with virtue, abide by benevolence, and immerse yourself in the arts. Chinese Proverb
Scabbed horse cannot abide the comb. Romanian Proverb
He that cannot abide a bad market deserves not a good one. Romanian Proverb