abide

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Old English ābīdan. From a- (intensive) + bīdan (to wait). See also the verb bide.

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[edit] Verb

abide (third-person singular simple present abides, present participle abiding, simple past abode or abided, past participle abode, abided, or (rare), abidden)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait; to pause; to delay.
  2. (intransitive) 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.
  3. (intransitive) To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
  4. (transitive, obsolete with a personal object) To wait for, to be prepared for, to await, to watch for.
  5. (transitive) To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
    • 1856-1885, Alfred Tennyson, Idylls of the King:
      [] And shalt abide her judgment on it.
  6. (transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
  7. (transitive, confused with aby "to pay for") To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
    • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
      How dearly I abide that boast so vain, []

[edit] Usage notes

  • The negative form can't abide is commonly used to indicate strong dislike. Similarly can't stand.

[edit] Quotations

  • "The Dude abides." Sam Elliot, referring to Jeff Bridges' character, from "The Big Lebowski" a Coen Brothers movie.

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