abide

For the verb: "to abide"

Simple Past:	abided
Past Participle:	abided

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
abide/əˈbʌɪd/

▶verb

• 1 (abide by) accept or act in accordance with (a rule or decision).

• 2 (cannot/could not abide) informal be unable to tolerate.

• 3 (often as adj. abiding) (of a feeling or memory) endure.

• 4 archaic live; dwell.

– derivatives
abidance noun (archaic),
abidingly adverb.

– origin OE ābīdan ‘wait’, from ā- ‘onwards’ + bīdan (see bide).