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Definition of Abide
1. Verb. Dwell. "Stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
Language type: Archaicism, Archaism
Specialized synonyms: Visit, Outstay, Overstay
Generic synonyms: Continue, Remain, Stay, Stay On
Derivative terms: Abidance, Stay
2. Verb. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant. "Sam cannot abide Sue "; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
Specialized synonyms: Accept, Live With, Swallow, Hold Still For, Stand For, Bear Up, Take Lying Down, Take A Joke, Sit Out, Pay
Generic synonyms: Allow, Countenance, Let, Permit
Related verbs: Suffer
Derivative terms: Abidance, Bearable, Endurance, Sufferance, Tolerance, Tolerant, Tolerant, Toleration
Definition of Abide
1. v. i. To wait; to pause; to delay.
2. v. t. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
Definition of Abide
1. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To wait in expectation; to pause; to delay; to tarry. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain; to last; to endure. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) To remain; to be left. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To stand ready for; to await for someone. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To wait for, to be prepared for, to await expectantly, to watch for. ¹
7. Verb. (transitive obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand. ¹
10. Verb. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for. ¹
11. Verb. (transitive) To await submisively; accept without question; submit to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Abide
1. to accept without objection [v ABODE or ABIDED, ABIDING, ABIDES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abide
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