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Definition abide

Etymology

From Middle English abiden, from Old English ?b?dan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-Germanic *uzb?dan? (“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent to a- +‎ bide. Cognate with Scots abyde (“to abide, remain”), Middle High German erb?ten (“to await, expect”), Gothic ???????? (usbeidan, “to expect, await, have patience”). The sense of pay for is due to influence from aby.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere. [from mid-12th century]
2. (transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand. [from late 15th century]
3. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for. [from late 16th century]
4. Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [from mid-12th to mid-17th century]
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay. [from c. 1150-1350 to mid-17th century]
7. (intransitive, archaic) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from c. 1150-1350]
8. (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn. [from c. 1350-1470]
9. (intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last. [from c. 1350-1470]
10. (transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for. [from early 12th century]
11. (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under. [from c. 1150-1350 to early 18th century.]
12. (transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to. [from c. 1350-1470.]

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