abide
v. stay; live, dwell; continue; tolerate, put up with; wait; comply, submit, obey, conform | ||||
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Abide Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Abide
(v. t.)
To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
(v. t.)
To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
(v. t.)
To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
(v. t.)
To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
(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 stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
(v. t.)
To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
(v. t.)
To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
(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.
| WordNet 2.0 |
abide
Verb
1. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
(synonym) bide, stay
(hypernym) stay, stay on, continue, remain
(hyponym) visit
(derivation) residency, residence, abidance
(classification) archaism, archaicism
2. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
(synonym) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, suffer, put up
(hypernym) permit, allow, let, countenance
(hyponym) accept, live with, swallow
(verb-group) suffer
(derivation) abidance
Verb
1. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
(synonym) bide, stay
(hypernym) stay, stay on, continue, remain
(hyponym) visit
(derivation) residency, residence, abidance
(classification) archaism, archaicism
2. put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"
(synonym) digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, suffer, put up
(hypernym) permit, allow, let, countenance
(hyponym) accept, live with, swallow
(verb-group) suffer
(derivation) abidance
| The Phrase Finder |
Abide with me
Origin
Henry Francis Lyte's hymn Abide with Me, traditionally sung at the English FA Cup Final.
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O, abide with me.
Origin
Henry Francis Lyte's hymn Abide with Me, traditionally sung at the English FA Cup Final.
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide
The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide
When other helpers fail, and comforts flee,
Help of the helpless, O, abide with me.
| Shakespeare Words |
ABIDE
to sojourn to expiate
to sojourn to expiate
| hEnglish - advanced version |
abide
abide
abidance \a*bid"ance\ (&?;), n. the state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with). the christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of palestine. a judicious abidance by rules. elps.
similar words(2)
abide by
to abide by
abide
abidance \a*bid"ance\ (&?;), n. the state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with). the christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of palestine. a judicious abidance by rules. elps.
similar words(2)
abide by
to abide by
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
abide
fair, fan le, cloígh
fair, fan le, cloígh
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Dyoddef
Dyoddef = v. to suffer, to abide
Dyoddef = v. to suffer, to abide
Abide Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
abide
commoror
commoror