abide

abide is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] Chaucer.

[2] To stay; to continue in a place; to have one`s abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place. Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55.

[3] To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.

[4] To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.