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Abide (), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abode (), formerly Abid (); p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding ().] [AS. ābīdan; pref. ā- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + bīdan to bide. See Bide.]
1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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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.
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Let the damsel abide with us a few days. Gen. xxiv. 55.
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3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
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Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20.
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Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain.
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The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.
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(b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, “to abide by a decision or an award”.
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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.” Tennyson.
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[[Obs.], with a personal object.
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Bonds and afflictions abide me. Acts xx. 23.
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2. To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
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[Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it. Tennyson.
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3. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
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She could not abide Master Shallow. Shak.
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4. [Confused with aby to pay for. See Aby.] To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
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Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton.
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