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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABI'DE, v. i. pert. and part. abode.
abada, to be, or exist, to continue; W. bod, to be; to dwell, rest, continue, stand firm, or be stationary for anytime indefinitely. Class Bd. No 7.]
1. To rest, or dwell. Gen
29:19.
2. To tarry or stay for a short time. Gen
24:55.
3. To continue permanently or in the same state; to be firm and immovable. Psa
119:90.
4. To remain, to continue. Acts
27:31. Eccl
8:15.
ABI'DE, v.t.
1. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await.
Bonds and afflictions abide me. Acts
20:23.
[For is here understood.]
2. To endure or sustain.
To abide the indignation of the Lord. Joel 10.
3. To bear or endure; to bear patiently. "I cannot abide his impertinence."
This verb when intransitive, is followed by in or at before the place, and with before the person. "Abide with me - at Jerusalem or in this land." Sometimes by on, the sword shall abide on his cities; and in the sense of wait, by far, abide for me. Hosea
3:3. Sometimes by by, abide by the crib. Job 39.
In general, abide by signifies to adhere to, maintain defend, or stand to, as to abide by a promise, or by a friend; or to suffer the consequences, as to abide by the event, that is, to be fixed or permanent in a particular condition.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

verb (abode or abided; abiding) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ?b?dan, from ?-, perfective prefix + b?dan to bide; akin to Old High German ir-, perfective prefix — more at bide Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to wait for ; await 2. a. to endure without yielding ; withstand b. to bear patiently ; tolerate <cannot abide such bigots> 3. to accept without objection <will abide your decision> intransitive verb 1. to remain stable or fixed in a state 2. to continue in a place ; sojourn Synonyms: see bear, continue • abider noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. (past abided or rarely abode) 1 tr. (usu. in neg. or interrog.) tolerate, endure (can't abide him). 2 intr. (foll. by by) a act in accordance with (abide by the rules). b remain faithful to (a promise). 3 intr. archaic a remain, continue. b dwell. 4 tr. archaic sustain, endure. Derivatives: abidance n. Etymology: OE abidan (as A-(2), bidan BIDE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Note: [[Obs.], with a personal object. Bonds and afflictions abide me. --Acts xx. 23. 2. To endure; to sustain; to submit to. [Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it. --Tennyson. 3. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with. She could not abide Master Shallow. --Shak. 4. Note: [Confused with aby to pay for. See Aby.] To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. Dearly I abide that boast so vain. --Milton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Abide A*bide", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abode, formerly Abid; p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding.] [AS. [=a]b[=i]dan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[=i]dan to bide. See Bide.] 1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 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. Let the damsel abide with us a few days. --Gen. xxiv. 55. 3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. Let every man abide in the same calling. --1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. --Fielding. (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(abides, abiding, abided) If you can't abide someone or something, you dislike them very much. I can't abide people who can't make up their minds... = can't stand PHRASE: with brd-neg see also abiding, law-abiding

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a-bid': Old English word signifying progressively to "await," "remain," "lodge," "sojourn," "dwell," "continue," "endure"; represented richly in Old Testament (King James Version) by 12 Hebrew and in New Testament by as many Greek words. In the Revised Version (British and American) displaced often by words meaning "to sojourn," "dwell," "encamp." The Hebrew and Greek originals in most frequent use are yashabh, "to dwell"; meno, "to remain." "Abide (sit or tarry) ye here" (Ge 22:5); "The earth abide (continueth) forever" (Ec 1:4); "Who can abide (bear or endure) the day?" (Mal 3:2); "Afflictions abide (await) me" (Ac 20:23). The past tense abode, in frequent use, has the same meaning. "His bow abide (remained) in strength" (Ge 49:24); "There he abide" (dwelt) (Joh 10:40).

Abode, as a noun (Greek mone) twice in New Testament: "make our abide with him" (Joh 14:23); "mansions," the Revised Version, margin "abiding-places" (Joh 14:2). The soul of the true disciple and heaven are dwelling-places of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Dwight M. Pratt

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. v. n. 1. Stay, sojourn, tarry, lodge, rest, keep, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent. 2. Dwell, reside, live, inhabit, settle, plant one's self, get a footing, get a foothold. 3. Remain, continue, persist, persevere, go on, keep on, be steadfast, be constant. See subsist. 4. Endure, last, be enduring, be indestructible, be permanent, be immutable. II. v. a. 1. Await, attend, wait for, be in readiness for, be in store for. 2. Endure, tolerate, bear, brook, suffer, bear with, put up with, sustain.

Moby Thesaurus

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