abide
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
abide (abides, present participle abiding; past abode, past participle abode)
- (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere. [from mid-12th century]
- The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
- (transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand. [from late 15th century]
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene ii], page 87 ↗, column 2:
- Neuer neuer: ſhe would alwayes ſay ſhee could not abide M[aster] Shallow.
- (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for. [from late 16th century]
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗:
- Ay me, they little know / How dearly I abide that boaſt ſo vaine, / Under what torments inwardly I groane{{...}
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act III, scene ii], page 122 ↗, column 1:
- If it be found ſo, ſome will deere abide it.
- Used in a phrasal verb: abide by#English|abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
- The new teacher was strict and the students did not want to abide by his rules.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [from mid-12th to mid-17th century]
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 22:5 ↗:
- And Abraham ſaid vnto his yong men, Abide you here with the aſſe, and I and the lad will goe yonder and worſhip, and come againe to you.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay. [from c. 1150-1350 to mid-17th century]
- (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]
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, 1 Corinthians 7:20 ↗:
- Let euery man abide in the ſame calling wherein he was called.
- (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn. [from c. 1350-1470]
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Genesis 24:55 ↗:
- And her brother and her mother ſaid, Let the damſell abide with vs a few dayes, at the leaſt ten ; after that, ſhe ſhall goe.
- (intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last. [from c. 1350-1470]
- (transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for. [from early 12th century]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:15.8?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter viij], in Le Morte Darthur, book XIII:
- Allas sayd she that euer I sawe yow / but he that suffred vpon the crosse for alle mankynde he be vnto yow good conduyte and saufte / and alle the hole felauship / Ryght soo departed Launcelot / & fond his felauship that abode his comyng / and so they mounted on their horses / and rode thorou the strete of Camelot
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Acts 20:23 ↗:
- Saue that the holy Ghoſt witneſſeth in euery city, ſaying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, [http://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/MaloryWks2/1:15.8?rgn=div2;view=fulltext chapter viij], in Le Morte Darthur, book XIII:
- (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under. [from c. 1150-1350 to early 18th century.]
- (transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to. [from c. 1350-1470.]
- (endure without yielding) hold on, resist; See also Thesaurus:persevere
- (bear patiently) brook, put up with; See also Thesaurus:tolerate
- (wait in expectation) hold on, stay; See also Thesaurus:wait
- (have one's abode) dwell, live; See also Thesaurus:reside
- (endure; remain; last) See also Thesaurus:persist
- (stand ready for) await, wait for; See also Thesaurus:wait for
- French: endurer
- German: aushalten
- Italian: sopportare, tollerare
- Portuguese: aguentar, persistir
- Russian: терпе́ть
- Spanish: quedar, permanecer, resistir, aguantar, durar
- French: tolérer, supporter
- German: ausstehen, ertragen
- Italian: sopportare, tollerare
- Portuguese: suportar, tolerar, aguentar
- Russian: терпе́ть
- Spanish: tolerar, soportar
- German: zahlen (with für)
- Spanish: afrontar, apechugar con
- German: verbleiben
- Italian: dimorare, risiedere, stare
- Spanish: permanecer, quedar
- French: demeurer
- German: weilen, verweilen
- Italian: vivere, abitare, risiedere, dimorare
- Portuguese: viver, morar, habitar, residir
- Russian: жить
- Spanish: habitar, morar, residir
- German: (with genitive) harren
- Italian: aspettare, attendere
- Portuguese: aguardar, esperar
- Russian: ожида́ть
- Spanish: aguardar, esperar
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