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 A·bide v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abode formerly Abid p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding ]
 1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.]
 2. 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.
    Let the damsel abide with us a few days.   --Gen. xxiv. 55.
 3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
    Let every man abide in the same calling.   --1 Cor. vii. 20.
 Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain.
    The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first.   --Fielding.
 (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.