abide

To endure without yielding; to withstand.

The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.

To bear patiently.

"I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.

VVe will be Kings and Lords within our ſelues, And not abide the pride of tyrranie.

To pay for; to stand the consequences of.

Diſparage not the faith thou doſt not know, / Leſt to thy perill thou abide it deare.

If it be found ſo, ſome will deere abide it.

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.

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.