abide

abide
    v 1: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay
         a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: {bide},
         {abide}, {stay}]
    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"
       [syn: {digest}, {endure}, {stick out}, {stomach}, {bear},
       {stand}, {tolerate}, {support}, {brook}, {abide}, {suffer},
       {put up}]
    

Abide \A*bide"\, 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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   Note: [[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.

   Note: [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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Abide \A*bide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abode}, formerly {Abid};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Abiding}.] [AS. [=a]b[imac]dan; pref. [=a]-
   (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[imac]dan 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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   {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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176 Moby Thesaurus words for "abide":
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      be coextensive with, be comprised in, be constituted by,
      be contained in, be content with, be easy with, be present in,
      be still, bear, bear with, berth, bide, bide the issue, blink at,
      brave, brook, bunk, carry on, carry through, cease not, cleave,
      cling, coast, cohabit, condone, consent, consist in, continue,
      continue to be, dally, dawdle, defeat time, defy time, delay, dig,
      dillydally, disregard, domicile, domiciliate, doss down, drag on,
      dwell, dwell in, endure, exist, exist in, extend, freeze, go,
      go along, go on, hang about, hang around, hang in, hang in there,
      hang out, hang tough, hold, hold everything, hold on, hold out,
      hold steady, hold your horses, ignore, inhabit, inhere in, jog on,
      judge not, keep, keep going, keep on, keep quiet, last, last long,
      last out, lean over backwards, lie in, lie still, linger,
      listen to reason, live, live on, live through, live with, lodge,
      loiter, lump, lump it, maintain, mark time, nest, never cease,
      not breathe, not stir, not write off, occupy, overlook, perch,
      perdure, perennate, persevere, persist, prevail, put up with,
      receive, remain, remain motionless, repose, repose in, reside,
      reside in, rest, rest in, room, roost, run, run on, see both sides,
      sit tight, sit up, sit up for, slog on, squat, stagger on, stand,
      stand fast, stand firm, stand for, stand still, stay, stay on,
      stay put, stay up, stay up for, stick, stick around, stick fast,
      stomach, subsist, subsist in, suffer, support, survive,
      suspend judgment, sustain, swallow, sweat, sweat it out, sweat out,
      take, take time, take up with, tarry, tenant, tide over, tolerate,
      tread water, view with indulgence, wait, wait a minute,
      wait and see, wait for, wait on, wait up for, watch,
      watch and wait, wear, wear well, wink at