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bide

  [bahyd] verb, bid⋅ed or bode; bid⋅ed or (Archaic) bid; bid⋅ing.
Use bide in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. Archaic. to endure; bear.
2. Obsolete. to encounter.
–verb (used without object)
3. to dwell; abide; wait; remain.
—Idiom
4. bide one's time, to wait for a favorable opportunity: He wanted to ask for a raise, but bided his time.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME biden, OE bīdan; c. OFris bīdia, OS bīdan, OHG bītan, ON bītha, Goth beidan, L fīdere, Gk peíthesthai to trust, rely < IE *bheidh-; the meaning appar. developed: have trust > endure > wait > abide > remain

Related forms:
bider, noun

Synonyms:
3. stay, linger, tarry.
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bide   (bīd)   
v.   bid·ed or bode (bōd), bid·ed, bid·ing, bides

v.   intr.

  1. To remain in a condition or state.

    1. To wait; tarry.

    2. To stay: bide at home.

    3. To be left; remain.

v.   tr.
past tense bided To await; wait for.

[Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

bide 
O.E. bidan "to stay, continue, live, remain," also "to trust, rely" (cognate of O.N. biða, O.Fris. bidia, Goth. beidan "to wait"), apparently from an extended stem of the root of O.E. biddan (see bid), the original sense of which was "to command," and "to trust." Perhaps the sense evolved in prehistoric times through "endure," and "endure a wait," to "to wait." Preserved in Scotland and northern England, replaced elsewhere by abide in all senses except to bide one's time.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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