v.
    - 
(abide by)
 accept or act in accordance with (a rule or decision).
- 
(cannot/could not abide)
 informal be unable to tolerate.
- 
[often as adj. abiding]
 (of a feeling or memory) endure.
- archaic live; dwell.
Derivative
  
    - abidance n. (archaic).
- abidingly adv.
 
  Etymology
  OE ābīdan ‘wait’, from ā- ‘onwards’ + bīdan (see bide).