abide
IPA: ʌbˈaɪd
verb
- (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.
- (transitive) To bear patiently.
- (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
- Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
- (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.
- (intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
- (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode.
- (intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last.
- (transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
- (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
- (transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
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Examples of "abide" in Sentences
- The war makers abided by the rules.
- Abide by the consensus of the discussion.
- I will abide by the will of the community.
- The Shawnee refused to abide by the treaty.
- I will abide by the decision of the arbitar.
- I agree to abide by the outcome of the list.
- I'll cheerfully abide by the decision made there.
- The tough part seems to come in knowing how to abide or what the word abide really means.
- Hunter's choice of the word abide brings to mind the 1847 poem Abide With Me by Henry F. Lyte:
- No; factum non dicitur quod non perseverat -- that which does not abide is not said to be done.
- If ye abide in me, and my word abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
- "If ye abide in Me, and My word abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."
- "Abide in me, and let my word abide in you; then ye shall ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you."
- IV. iii.99 (330,4) [abide] To _abide_, here, must signify, to _sojourn_, to live for a time without a settled habitation.
- Corruption isn't everything: Americans can forgive rascals who manage to win -- look at Bill Clinton -- but what they cannot abide is losers.
- What they do not expect, and will not abide, is the sort of harsh, demanding regimen necessary to produce disciplined and effective soldiers.