English Dictionary: Bide | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bide \Bide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Biding}.] [OE. biden, AS. b[c6]dan; akin to OHG. b[c6]tan, Goth. beidan, Icel. b[c6][?][?]; 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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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}. |