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abide - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To put up with; tolerate: synonym: endure.
- intransitive verb To wait patiently for.
- intransitive verb To remain in a place.
- intransitive verb To continue in existence; endure.
- intransitive verb To dwell or reside.
- idiom (abide by) To conform to; comply with.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To pay the price or penalty of; suffer for.
- To wait for; especially, to stand one's ground against.
- To await; be in store for.
- To endure or sustain; remain firm under.
- To put up with; tolerate.
- To encounter; undergo: in a jocular sense.
- To have one's abode; dwell; reside.
- To remain; continue to stay.
- To continue in a certain condition; remain steadfast or faithful.
- To wait; stop; delay.
- To inhere; belong as an attribute or quality; have its seat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb obsolete To wait; to pause; to delay.
- intransitive verb To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with
with before a person, and commonly withat orin before a place. - intransitive verb To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
- intransitive verb To acquiesce; to conform to.
- transitive verb To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for.
- transitive verb To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
- transitive verb To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
- transitive verb To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
- verb dwell
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English abiden, from Old English ābīdan : ā-, intensive pref. + bīdan, to remain; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Middle English abiden, from Old English ābīdan ("to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect"), from Proto-Germanic *uzbīdanan (“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent to a- + bide. Cognate with Scots abyde ("to abide, remain"), Middle High German erbīten ("to await, expect"), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (usbeidan, "to expect, await, have patience"). The sense of pay for is due to influence from aby.
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Examples
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IV. iii.99 (330,4) [abide] To _abide_, here, must signify, to _sojourn_, to live for a time without a settled habitation.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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The tough part seems to come in knowing how to abide or what the word abide really means.
Babes with a Beatitude Linda P. Kozar 2009
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Corruption isn't everything: Americans can forgive rascals who manage to win -- look at Bill Clinton -- but what they cannot abide is losers.
Balkinization 2006
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Hunter's choice of the word abide brings to mind the 1847 poem Abide With Me by Henry F. Lyte:
The Annotated "China Doll" Robert Hunter 2005
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What they do not expect, and will not abide, is the sort of harsh, demanding regimen necessary to produce disciplined and effective soldiers.
The Draft 1980
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What they do not expect, and will not abide, is the sort of harsh, demanding regimen necessary to produce disciplined and effective soldiers.
The Draft 1980
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"Abide in me, and let my word abide in you; then ye shall ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you."
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"If ye abide in Me, and My word abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."
Tip Lewis and His Lamp 1841-1930 Pansy 1885
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If ye abide in me, and my word abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
The Greatest Thing In the World and Other Addresses Henry Drummond 1874
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No; factum non dicitur quod non perseverat -- that which does not abide is not said to be done.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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synonyms (178)
Words with the same meaning
- abide in
- abide with
- accede
- accept
- adhere
- await
- be big
- be coextensive with
- be comprised in
- be constituted by
- be contained in
- be content with
- be easy with
- be present in
- be still
- bear
- bear with
- berth
- bide
- bide the issue
- blink at
- brave
- brook
- bunk
- carry on
- carry through
- cease not
- cleave
- cling
- coast
- cohabit
- condone
- consent
- consist in
- continue
- continue to be
- dally
- dawdle
- defeat time
- defy time
- delay
- dig
- dillydally
- disregard
- domicile
- domiciliate
- doss down
- drag on
- dwell
- dwell in
- endure
- exist
- exist in
- extend
- freeze
- go
- go along
- go on
- hang about
- hang around
- hang in
- hang in there
- hang out
- hang tough
- hold
- hold everything
- hold on
- hold out
- hold steady
- hold your horses
- ignore
- inhabit
- inhere
- inhere in
- jog on
- judge not
- keep
- keep going
- keep on
- keep quiet
- last
- last long
- last out
- lean over backwards
- lie in
- lie still
- linger
- listen to reason
- live
- live on
- live through
- live with
- lodge
- loiter
- lump
- lump it
- maintain
- mark time
- nest
- never cease
- not breathe
- not stir
- not write off
- occupy
- overlook
- perch
- perdure
- perennate
- persevere
- persist
- prevail
- put up with
- receive
- remain
- remain motionless
- repose
- repose in
- reside
- reside in
- rest
- rest in
- room
- roost
- run
- run on
- see both sides
- sit tight
- sit up
- sit up for
- slog on
- sojourn
- squat
- stagger on
- stand
- stand fast
- stand firm
- stand for
- stand still
- stay
- stay on
- stay put
- stay up
- stay up for
- stick
- stick around
- stick fast
- stomach
- subsist
- subsist in
- suffer
- support
- survive
- suspend judgment
- sustain
- swallow
- sweat
- sweat it out
- sweat out
- take
- take time
- take up with
- tarry
- tenant
- tide over
- tolerate
- tread water
- view with indulgence
- wait
- wait a minute
- wait and see
- wait for
- wait on
- wait up for
- watch
- watch and wait
- wear
- wear well
- wink at
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rhymes (83)
Words with the same terminal sound
- Clyde
- Eid
- Hyde
- Outside
- Pride
- Ride
- Stateside
- allied
- alongside
- applied
- aside
- astride
- belied
- beside
- betide
- bide
- bride
- chide
- coincide
- collide
- complied
- confide
- cried
- decide
- decried
- defied
- denied
- deride
- died
- divide
- dried
- dyed
- eid
- eyed
- flied
- fried
- glide
- guide
- hide
- ide
- implied
- inside
- lied
- misapplied
- misguide
- nationwide
- outside
- oversupplied
- pied
- plied
- preside
- pride
- pried
- provide
- pryde
- relied
- replied
- reside
- retried
- ride
- seid
- shied
- side
- sighed
- slide
- snide
- spied
- stateside
- stride
- subdivide
- subside
- supplied
- tide
- tied
- tried
- untied
- untried
- upside
- vide
- vied
- westside
- wide
- worldwide
patty4jc commented on the word abide
But whoever has this worlds goods, and see his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
1 John 3:17
October 25, 2007
patty4jc commented on the word abide
"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you."
John 15:7
October 25, 2007
Prolagus commented on the word abide
The dude must abide.
(The Dude)
March 15, 2008
yarb commented on the word abide
What's the past tense of this? Abode? Abade? Abid?
August 8, 2008
rolig commented on the word abide
I think the simple "abided" will work. No need to complicate things.
August 8, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word abide
Ask the Dude. He abides all the time.
August 8, 2008
itsteganyay commented on the word abide
"You are all kindness, madam; but I believe we must <b> abide </b> by our original plan." - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
August 16, 2015