ABIDE

digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up

(verb) 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”

bide, abide, stay

(verb) dwell; “You can stay with me while you are in town”; “stay a bit longer--the day is still young”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

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

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere. [from mid-12th century]

(transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand. [from late 15th century]

(transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for. [from late 16th century]

Used in phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).

(intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [from mid-12th to mid-17th century]

(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]

(intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn. [from c. 1350-1470]

(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]

(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.]

Usage notes

• (bear patiently): Used in the negative form can't abide is used to indicate strong dislike.

Synonyms

• (endure without yielding): hold on, resist; See also persevere

• (bear patiently): brook, put up with; See also tolerate

• (wait in expectation): hold on, stay; See also wait

• (have one's abode): dwell, live; See also reside

• (endure; remain; last): See also persist

• (stand ready for): await, wait for; See also wait for

Anagrams

• Beida

Source: Wiktionary

A*bide", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abode, formerly Abid(#); p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding.] Etym: [AS. abidan; pref. a- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + bidan 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.

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.

Note: [Confused with aby to pay for. See Aby.]

Definition: To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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