*abid*

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Abode formerly Abid p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding ] [ AS. ābīdan; pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + bīdan to bide. See Bide. ] 1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Followed by by:
To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. [ 1913 Webster ] The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ] (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time. “I will abide the coming of my lord.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ [ Obs. ], with a personal object. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bonds and afflictions abide me. Acts xx. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To endure; to sustain; to submit to. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Thou ] shalt abide her judgment on it. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with. [ 1913 Webster ]

She could not abide Master Shallow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ Confused with aby to pay for. See Aby. ] To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who abides, or continues. [ Obs. ] “Speedy goers and strong abiders.” Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who dwells; a resident. Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Continuing; lasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Permanently. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Cote d'Ivoire. Population (2000) = 106, 786. [ PJC ]

n. 1. a grouping of plants containing two genera of erect or twining wind-pollinated herbs, the genera Cannabis and Humulus; this term is not used in all classifications; in some the genus Cannabis is placed in the family Moraceae and the genus Humulus in the family Urticaceae.
Syn. -- family Cannabidaceae, hemp family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carabus or family Carabidae. -- n. One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a family of nocturnal, terrestrial insects consisting of the ground beetles, which feed chiefly on other insects.
Syn. -- family Carabidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. labi`s, -i`dos, a forceps + meter: cf. F. labidometre. ] (Med.) A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law; as, law-abiding people. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. rabidus, from rabere to rave. See Rage, n. ] 1. Furious; raging; extremely violent. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rabid flight
Of winds that ruin ships. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous; as, a rabid socialist. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Affected with the distemper called rabies; mad; as, a rabid dog or fox. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia; as, rabid virus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rabidness; furiousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a rabid manner; with extreme violence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being rabid. [ 1913 Webster ]