[bide] vb bode or bid.ed ; bided ; bid.ing [ME, fr. OE bidan; akin to OHG bitan to wait, L fidere to trust, Gk peithesthai to believe] vt (bef. 12c) 1 past usu bided: to wait for--used chiefly in the phrase bide one's time
2. archaic: withstand "two men ... might ~ the winter storm --W. C. Bryant" 3 chiefly dial: to put up with: tolerate ~ vi 1: to continue in a state or condition
2: to wait awhile: tarry
3: to continue in a place: sojourn -- bid.er n