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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



... there, and I doubt not that there are many good men and true still to be found in the woods. Others will assuredly join when they learn that Cnut is there, and that they are wanted to strike a blow for my rights. I shall then bide my time. I will keep a strict watch over the castle and over the convent. As the abbess is a friend and relative of Lady Margaret's, I may obtain an interview with her, and warn her of the dangers that await her, ...
— The Boy Knight • G.A. Henty
... a restraining hand upon his shoulder. "It's their hour. You can't deny that, and we'll have to bide a while." ...
— The Rulers of the Lakes - A Story of George and Champlain • Joseph A. Altsheler
... he fails, he fears that he will be blamed, misunderstood, slandered. But he feels he must go through with it. He cannot turn back; he cannot escape. As the saying is, the bull is brought to the stake, and he must bide the baiting. ...
— The Good News of God • Charles Kingsley
... for the worst. With Lee's surrender there will soon be an end to our regular organized armies and I can see no possible good to result from a protracted guerilla warfare. We are crushed and must submit to the yoke. Our children must bide their time for vengeance, but you and I will never revisit our homes under our glorious flag. For myself I shall never put my foot on a soil from which flaunts the hated Stars and Stripes.... I am ...
— Great Britain and the American Civil War • Ephraim Douglass Adams
... me alas, nowe do the cruell paines Of cursed death my dere daughter bereave. Alas whie bide I here? the sight constraines Me woefull man this woefull ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edition) • Various


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