To bear patiently.
"I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
Diſparage not the faith thou doſt not know, / Leſt to thy perill thou abide it deare.
From Middle English abyden, from Old English ābīdan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀbīdan, from Proto-Germanic *uzbīdaną...
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