All 11 Uses of

abide

in

Jane Eyre

I doubted not — never doubted — that if Mr. Reed had been alive he would have treated me kindly; and now, as I sat looking at the white bed and overshadowed walls — occasionally also turning a fascinated eye towards the dimly gleaning mirror — I began to recall what I had heard of dead men, troubled in their graves by the violation of their last wishes, revisiting the earth to punish the perjured and avenge the oppressed; and I thought Mr. Reed's spirit, harassed by the wrongs of his sister's child, might quit its abode — whether in the church vault or in the unknown world of the departed — and rise before me in this chamber.†
p. 20.7

abode = a place where one lives OR lived

Mr. Brocklehurst and his family never came near Lowood now: household matters were not scrutinised into; the cross housekeeper was gone, driven away by the fear of infection; her successor, who had been matron at the Lowton Dispensary, unused to the ways of her new abode, provided with comparative liberality.†
p. 92.7

Coming near, I found the door slightly ajar; probably to admit some fresh air into the close abode of sickness.†
p. 96.1 *

I shall take up my abode in a religious house near Lisle — a nunnery you would call it; there I shall be quiet and unmolested.†
p. 279.2

She comes from the other world — from the abode of people who are dead; and tells me so when she meets me alone here in the gloaming!†
p. 282.6

Favour me with an account of her — with her name, her parentage, her place of abode.†
p. 334.9

I should have longed rather to deviate to a wood I saw not far off, which appeared in its thick shade to offer inviting shelter; but I was so sick, so weak, so gnawed with nature's cravings, instinct kept me roaming round abodes where there was a chance of food.†
p. 377.0

He just looked in at the doors I opened; and when he had wandered upstairs and downstairs, he said I must have gone through a great deal of fatigue and trouble to have effected such considerable changes in so short a time: but not a syllable did he utter indicating pleasure in the improved aspect of his abode.†
p. 453.0

abode = a place where one lives OR lived

I took care she should never want for anything that could contribute to her comfort: she soon settled in her new abode, became very happy there, and made fair progress in her studies.†
p. 519.1

For that fate you have already made your choice, and must abide by it.†
p. 293.6

Definitions:

(1) (abide as in: abide by her decision)
to tolerate or put up with something
(2) (abide as in: abide in the forest)
to live in a place

or more rarely: to live with someone or something
(3) (abide as in: an abiding desire to)
to remain or endure or lasting a long time
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
In classic literature, abide also sometimes references "awaiting someone or something".