abide

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To endure without yielding

   To endure without yielding; to withstand.

   • The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
2. 2

   To bear patiently.

   • "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
   • VVe will be Kings and Lords within our ſelues, And not abide the pride of tyrranie.
   • Neuer neuer: ſhe would alwayes ſay ſhee could not abide M[aster] Shallow.
3. 3

   To pay for

   To pay for; to stand the consequences of.

   • Diſparage not the faith thou doſt not know, / Leſt to thy perill thou abide it deare.
   • If it be found ſo, ſome will deere abide it.
   • Ay me, they little know / How dearly I abide that boaſt ſo vaine, / Under what torments inwardly I groane[…]
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   1. 4

      Used in a phrasal verb

      Used in a phrasal verb: 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.
   2. 5

      To wait in expectation.

      • 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.
   3. 6

      To pause

      To pause; to delay.

   4. 7

      To stay

      To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.

      • One generation passeth away, and another generation commeth: but the earth abideth for euer.
      • Let euery man abide in the ſame calling wherein he was called.
      • But they constrained him, saying, Abide with vs, for it is towards euening, and the day is farre spent: And he went in, to tarrie with them.
   5. 8

      To have one's abode.

      • 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.
      • In empty hush, in airless gloom, Mr. Knott abode, in the large room set aside for his exclusive enjoyment, and that of his attendant.
   6. 9

      To endure

      To endure; to remain; to last.

      • The Dude abides.
   7. 10

      To stand ready for

      To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.

      • Saue that the holy Ghoſt witneſſeth in euery city, ſaying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
      • I will abide the coming of my lord.
   8. 11

      To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task

      To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.

      • […]And shalt abide her judgment on it.
   9. 12

      To await submissively

      To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

      • The grand Conſpirator, Abbot of Weſtminſter, / With clog of Conſcience, and ſowre Melancholly, / Hath yeelded vp his body to the graue : / But here is Carlile, liuing to abide / Thy Kingly doome, and ſentence of his pride.

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