Abide

[ə'baɪd]

Definition

(v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.

(v. i.) To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.

(v. i.) To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.

(v. t.) To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.

(v. t.) To endure; to sustain; to submit to.

(v. t.) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.

(v. t.) To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Stay, sojourn, tarry, lodge, rest, keep, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent.[2]. Dwell, reside, live, inhabit, settle, plant one's self, get a footing, get a foothold.[3]. Remain, continue, persist, persevere, SUBSIST, go on, keep on, be steadfast, be constant.[4]. Endure, bear.

v. a. [1]. Await, attend, wait for, be in readiness for, be in store for.[2]. Endure, tolerate, bear, brook, suffer, bear with, put up with.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Dwell, stay, inhabit, continue, rest, tarry, lodge, reside, live, wait,sojourn, remain, expect, endure, tolerate, anticipate, confront, await, bear,face, watch

ANT:Deport, migrate, move, journey, proceed, resist, mislike, forefend, avoid,shun, reject, abandon, forfeit

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Definition

v.t. (Shak. and Milton) to redeem pay the penalty for suffer.

v.t. to bide or wait for: to endure: to tolerate.—v.i. to remain in a place dwell or stay:—pa.t. and pa.p. abōde′.—n. Abid′ance.—adj. Abid′ing continual.—n. an enduring.—adv. Abid′ingly.

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Examples

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