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verb

Abide v. t.

1.

To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time. "I will abide the coming of my lord." Note: ((Obs.), with a personal object. "Bonds and afflictions abide me."

2.

To endure; to sustain; to submit to. "(Thou) shalt abide her judgment on it."

3.

To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with. "She could not abide Master Shallow."

4.

Note: (Confused with aby to pay for. See Aby.) To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. "Dearly I abide that boast so vain."

Abide v. i. (past & past part. abode, formerly abid; pres. part. abiding)

1.

To wait; to pause; to delay. (Obs.)

2.

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. "Let the damsel abide with us a few days."

3.

To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. "Let every man abide in the same calling."

Followed by by:

To abide by.

(a)

To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. "The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first."

(b)

To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.

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"Abide" Quotes from Famous Books

... lover pleaded for an early wedding day. Violet Wood answered that she would consult her chaperon and abide by her decision. Mr. Fabian then took the precaution to see Mrs. Pendletime, and pray that the marriage might take place early in February. The lady answered that she would consult her young protegee and be governed ...

— For Woman's Love • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

... that we let their children live; I doubt If all of these even should be set apart: The hunter may reserve some single cub 290 From out the tiger's litter, but who e'er Would seek to save the spotted sire or dam, Unless to perish by their fangs? however, I will abide by Doge Faliero's counsel: Let him decide if ...

— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 • Lord Byron

... shall avoid the place by the Law of the Miners Also if a pitt bee made and upon [be] adventure cometh another up[on] another way within the ground and drulleth {81b} to the said pitt at what tyme hee drulleth to ye said pitt he shall abide till the other Fellowship of the said pitt bee present at the wch tyme if the other Fellowship will not receive him he shall returne again by the forbods and by the Lawe of the Mine But if he Drulling a pitt.drulleth to the said pitt ...

— Iron Making in the Olden Times - as instanced in the Ancient Mines, Forges, and Furnaces of The Forest of Dean • H. G. Nicholls

... same period also belong the other temples in the lower city, temples which abide above ground either standing or in ruins, while the older temples in the akropolis have to be looked for underneath buildings of later ages. It was a grand conception to line the southern wall, the wall most open to the attacks of mortal ...

— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Vol VIII - Italy and Greece, Part Two • Various

... your course, my dear; and you must abide by it. Having put your hand to the plough, it will be foolish ...

— The Hand of Ethelberta • Thomas Hardy

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