Definitions
To wait, remain, or stay in a place or situation.
Word origin
From Middle English biden, from Old English bīdan (“to stay, continue, live, remain, delay; wait for, await, expect; endure, experience, find; attain, obtain; own”), from Proto-West Germanic *bīdan (“to wait”), from Proto-Germanic *bīdaną (“to wait”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti, from *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, persuade, compel, trust”). Latinate cognates (via PIE) include faith and fidelity.
Used in a sentence
“And doubting naught right courteous all, in your accustomed wont: And gentle ears, our author he is prest to bide the brunt”
“Tech[elles]. I heare them come, ſhall wee encounter them? / Tam[burlaine]. Keep all your ſtandings, and not ſtir a foot, / Myſelfe will bide the danger of the brunt.”
“All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide / In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Wait patiently”4 letters
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