Bided

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bide \Bide\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bided}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Biding}.] [OE. biden, AS. b[imac]dan; akin to OHG.
     b[imac]tan, Goth. beidan, Icel. b[imac]??; perh. orig., to
     wait with trust, and akin to bid. See {Bid}, v. t., and cf.
     {Abide}.]
     1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.


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              All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide
              In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or
        state; to continue to be. --Shak.
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