abides

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.
   • The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.

   Synonyms:

   hold on, resist, astand, bear up, carry on, continue, endure, follow up, hang in there, hold out

2. (transitive) To bear patiently.
   • "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.

   Synonyms:

   brook, put up with, tolerate, abear, aby, accept, allow, bear, bide, dree

3. (transitive) To pay for; to take the consequences of.
   • Diſparage not the faith thou doſt not know, / Leſt to thy perill thou abide it deare.[c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First...

   Synonyms:

   answer for, suffer, atone

4. 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.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 22:5

   Synonyms:

   hold on, stay, back that train up, bide, bide one's time, expect, defer, hang on, hold one's breath, hold one's horses

6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.

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