Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - bide

 verb  (bode or ~d; ~d; biding)  Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bidan; akin to Old High German bitan to wait, Latin fidere to trust, Greek peithesthai to believe  Date: before 12th century  transitive verb  1. past usually ~d to wait for — used chiefly in the phrase ~ one's time  2. archaic withstand two men…might ~ the winter storm — W. C. Bryant  3. chiefly dialect to put up with ; tolerate  intransitive verb  1. to continue in a state or condition  2. to wait awhile ; tarry  3. to continue in a place ; sojourn  • ~r noun