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Word: abide
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Meaning:
Verb:
- intransitive|obsolete To wait; to pause; to delay.
- transitive|confused with ''aby'' "to pay for" To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
- transitive|obsolete with a ''personal'' object To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I '''abide''' my time.
- intransitive To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
- 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.
- transitive To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
- transitive To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
Source: Wiktionary
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