abide

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To put up with; tolerate: can't abide such incompetence. See Synonyms at bear¹.
2. v. To wait patiently for: "I will abide the coming of my lord” ( Tennyson).
3. v. To withstand: a thermoplastic that will abide rough use and great heat.
4. v. To remain in a place.
5. v. To continue to be sure or firm; endure. See Synonyms at stay¹.
6. v. To dwell or sojourn.
7. idiom. abide by To conform to; comply with: abide by the rules; had to abide by the judge's decision.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To wait for; especially, to stand one's ground against.
2. To await; be in store for.
3. To endure or sustain; remain firm under.
4. To put up with; tolerate.
5. To encounter; undergo: in a jocular sense.
6. To have one's abode; dwell; reside.
7. To remain; continue to stay.
8. To continue in a certain condition; remain steadfast or faithful.
9. To wait; stop; delay.
10. To inhere; belong as an attribute or quality; have its seat.
11. To pay the price or penalty of; suffer for.

Wiktionary

1. v. To wait; to pause; to delay.
2. v. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
3. v. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
4. v. To wait for, to be prepared for, to await, to watch for.
5. v. To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
6. v. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
7. v. To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
8. v. To wait; to pause; to delay.
9. v. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
10. v. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
11. v. To wait for, to be prepared for, to await, to watch for.
12. v. To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
13. v. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
14. v. To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To wait; to pause; to delay.
2. v. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
3. v. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
4. v. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for.
5. v. To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
6. v. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
7. v. To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
2. v. dwell.