abide

Etymology

From Middle English abyden, from Old English ābīdan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-Germanic *uzbīdaną (“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent to a- + bide. Cognate with Scots abide (“to abide, remain”), Middle High German erbīten (“to await, expect”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (usbeidan, “to expect, await, have patience”). The sense of pay for is due to influence from aby.

verb

1. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.
   The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
2. (transitive) To bear patiently.
   "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
   By God sir. I will not abide another toe. 1998, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by The Big Lebowski (David Huddleston)
3. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
4. 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.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.
7. (intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
8. (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode.
9. (intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last.
   The Dude abides. 1998, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by Narrator (Sam Elliot)
10. (transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
11. (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
12. (transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.