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Webster 1913 Edition
Abide
A-bide′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Abode
, formerly Abid
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Abiding
.] 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 awardA-bide′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for;
“I will abide the coming of my lord.” as, I
. abide
my timeTennyson.
[[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. Shakespeare
4.
[Confused with aby to pay for. See
Aby
.] To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
Dearly I
abide
that boast so vain. Milton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Abide
ABI'DE
,Verb.
I.
abada, to be, or exist, to continue; W. bod, to be; to dwell, rest, continue, stand firm, or be stationary for anytime indefinitely. Class Bd. No 7.]
1.
To rest, or dwell. Gen. xxix 19.2.
To tarry or stay for a short time. Gen. xxiv. 55.3.
To continue permanently or in the same state; to be firm and immovable. Ps. cxix. 90.4.
To remain, to continue. Acts, xxvii. 31. Eccles. viii. 15.ABI'DE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To wait for; to be prepared for; to await.Bonds and afflictions abide me. Acts, 20:23.
[For is here understood.]
2.
To endure or sustain.To abide the indignation of the Lord. Joel 10.
3.
To bear or endure; to bear patiently. 'I cannot abide his impertinence.'This verb when intransitive, is followed by in or at before the place, and with before the person. 'Abide with me - at Jerusalem or in this land.' Sometimes by on, the sword shall abide on his cities; and in the sense of wait, by far, abide for me. Hosea, iii. 3. Sometimes by by, abide by the crib. Job, xxxix.
In general, abide by signifies to adhere to, maintain defend, or stand to, as to abide by a promise, or by a friend; or to suffer the consequences, as to abide by the event, that is, to be fixed or permanent in a particular condition.