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abide

Legal Definition of abide

Verb

  1. Act in accordance with

    Example: Abide by the rules

Definition of abide

Etymology

    From Old English ābīdan. From a- (intensive) + bīdan ("to wait").

Pronunciation

  • UK: IPA: /əˈbaɪd/
  • (US) IPA: /əˈbɑjd/
  • Audio (US) [?]
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

to 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.

    "Let the damsel abide with us a few days." - Genesis 24:55
  3. (intransitive) To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.

    "Let every man abide in the same calling." - 1 Corinthians 7:20
  4. (transitive, obsolete with a personal object) 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." - Alfred Tennyson
    "Bonds and afflictions abide me." - Acts 20:23
  5. (transitive) To endure; to sustain; to submit to.

    "[Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it." - Alfred Tennyson
  6. (transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.

    "She could not abide Master Shallow." - Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 2, III-ii
  7. (transitive, confused with aby "to pay for") To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.

    "Dearly I abide that boast so vain," - Milton

Usage notes

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

Quotations

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

Related terms

References:

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Translation of abide in Malay

Patuh

  1. patuh



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