ˈbīd verb
( bode ˈbōd ; or bided ˈbīdə̇d ; also bade ˈbad, ˈbaa(ə)d ; or archaic bad ; bided or archaic bid or biden or bidden ; biding ; bides )
Etymology: Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan; akin to Old High German bītan to wait, Old Norse bītha, Gothic beidan to wait, Latin fidere to trust, Greek peithesthai to believe, be persuaded, obey, Russian beda misfortune
intransitive verb
1. : to continue in some state or condition
bide still until you feel better
2.
a. : wait , tarry — used especially with an expression of time
bide yet a little
b. of things : to await one's pleasure : be left unchanged
let the matter bide
3. : abide , sojourn , dwell
the old man still bides in the shanty though the mill has fallen to ruin
transitive verb
1. past usually bided : to wait for
their ready answer suggested that they had long bided that demand
— now used chiefly in the phrase bide one's time
2. archaic : to encounter and resist : withstand , face
the ships that bide the storm
3. now chiefly dialect : to put up with : tolerate , endure
couldn't bide children on his place — J.W.Riley
aggregated power does not readily bide legal restraints — M.O.Hudson
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- bide by