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Definition of Abided
1. abide [v] - See also: abide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abided
Literary usage of Abided
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1849)
"... he determines shall be abided by. Witness myself, at Dover, this 13th day of
May, in the fourteenth year of our reign.* How king John resigned his crown ..."
2. Letters and Papers of John Shillingford, Mayor of Exeter 1447-50 by John Shillingford (1871)
"He abided till Tuesday, and bad a letter to the Bishop of Exeter. Also tell him
be sent his letter to the Bishop by John Hulle, ..."
3. Records of the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England by Rhode Island, John Russell Bartlett (1859)
"... and such further act by them done, shall be good and valid, and be by this
government abided by. God save the King. Proceedings of the General Assembly, ..."
4. Right and Duty: Or, Citizen and Soldier; Switzerland Prepared and at Peace by Frederick Arnold Kuenzli (1916)
"The Electors, in whom abided the right of selecting Rudolph's successor, disregarded
Rudolph's heir, Albrecht, and seated Adolph of Nassau on the throne. ..."
5. Memoir of Philip and Rachel Price by Eli Kirk Price (1852)
"... that thy mind has been thus early touched with that, that if strictly abided
in, will lead out of great trouble and conflict in this present world, ..."
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