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Bide   /baɪd/   Listen
verb
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."
2.
To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.


Bide  v. i.  (past & past part. bided; pres. part. biding)  
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."
2.
To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.





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"Bide" Quotes from Famous Books



... him what way was he goin'. He was thinking to get a lift as far as Oriana, if the stages was runnin' on that road. 'Then ye 'll have to bide here till morning,' I says, 'for ye must have met the stage goin' the other way.' 'I met nothing,' says he; 'I come be way of the bluffs,'—which is a strange way ...
— The Desert and The Sown • Mary Hallock Foote
... But in accordance with that simple, grand, and patriarchal law of Scottish peasant life, which decrees that every lad of parts shall be given his chance to bring credit on the family, even though his parents have to pinch and save and his brothers bide at the plough-tail all their lives in consequence—a law whose chief merit lies in the splendid sacrifices which its faithful fulfilment involves, and whose vital principle well-meaning but misguided philanthropy is now endeavouring to dole out of existence—he had been sent to Edinburgh ...
— The Right Stuff - Some Episodes in the Career of a North Briton • Ian Hay
... the young folks, I kenned weel that they didna bide in the groonds, and that they were awa' whenever they got a chance wi' Maister Fothergill West tae Branksome, but the general was too fu' o' his ain troubles tae ken aboot it, and it didna seem tae me that ...
— The Mystery of Cloomber • Arthur Conan Doyle
... foolish lass,' he said; 'ye made me take to actual work when I was merely idling and loitering about. Ye gave me an object to work for, and pleasant companionship for a space, and now, if I must find something else, that is as it has been ordered; and I maun bide my time.' ...
— The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols • William Black
... him a little for his conduct during their father's funeral; he was not such an oaf as she had thought—but she would bide ...
— The Wooden Horse • Hugh Walpole


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