Thesaurus: abide

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1. v. i. To wait; to pause; to delay.
2. v. i. 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.
3. v. i. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
4. v. t. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
5. v. t. To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
6. v. t. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
7. v. t. To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
8. v. put up with something or somebody unpleasant
9. 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. 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.] To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton.
10. To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton.
11. v:100 v dwell v put up with something or somebody unpleasant