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Webster 1913 Edition


Bide

Bide

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bided
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Biding
.]
[OE.
biden
, AS.
bīdan
; akin to OHG.
bītan
, Goth.
beidan
, Icel.
bī[GREEK][GREEK]
; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to
bid
. See
Bid
,
Verb.
T.
, and cf.
Abide
.]
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.
Milton.
2.
To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.
Shak.

Bide

,
Verb.
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.
Shakespeare
2.
To wait for;
as, I
bide
my time
. See
Abide
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bide

BIDE

,
Verb.
I.
To dwell; to inhabit.
1.
To remain; to continue or be permanent, in a place or state. [Nearly antiquated.]

BIDE

,
Verb.
T.
To endure; to suffer. [See Abide.]

Definition 2024


bidê

bidê

See also: bide, bidé, bidè, and bídě

Portuguese

bidê

Alternative forms

Noun

bidê m (plural bidês)

  1. (Brazil) bidet (low-mounted plumbing fixture for cleaning the genitalia and anus)