ABIDINGS

Noun

abidings

plural of abiding

Source: Wiktionary


ABIDING

A*bid"ing, a.

Definition: Continuing; lasting.

ABIDE

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.

4.

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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