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Bide   /baɪd/   Listen
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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



... Swulc thu woldest to haevene | nu thu scalt to haelle; Ther thu miht kenne | muche of thine cunne, And gret thu ther Hengest | the cnihten wes fayerest, Ebissa and Ossa | Octa and of thine cunne ma, And bide heom ther wunie | wintres and sumeres, And we scullen on londe | ...
— A Literary History of the English People - From the Origins to the Renaissance • Jean Jules Jusserand
... COUSIN,—I do not belong to myself, I belong to my name and my country. It is because my fortune has twice betrayed me, that my destiny is nearer its accomplishment. I bide my time." ...
— Hortense, Makers of History Series • John S. C. Abbott
... with a grim smile of satisfaction, soon settled her in the same fashion as he had done the boy; and then, picking up his fishing-basket, strode away, calling out, 'Ye'll bide there my time, ye young limbs of mischief! It's only ...
— Teddy's Button • Amy Le Feuvre
... but now Mr. Washington was in command; his troops were in a measure disciplined. That he was energetic, far-seeing, and calculating, he could not doubt. Had he not transported heavy cannon across the country from Lake Champlain to bombard the town? Evidently Mr. Washington was a man who could bide his time. Such men were not likely to leave anything at haphazard. One third of those assaulting Bunker Hill had been cut down by the fire of the rebels. Could he hope for any less a sacrifice of his ...
— Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times - 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance • Charles Carleton Coffin
... Bide with me within this reek, 'Mid these turbid odours foul, Whence unto his son our hero Speaks, as from ...
— Atta Troll • Heinrich Heine


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