abide

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English

Etymology

From Middle English abyden, from Old English ābīdan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-Germanic *uzbīdaną (“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent to a- +‎ bide. Cognate with Scots abide (“to abide, remain”), Middle High German erbīten (“to await, expect”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (usbeidan, “to expect, await, have patience”). The sense of pay for is due to influence from aby.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.
    Synonyms: hold on, resist, persevere; see also Thesaurus:persevere
    The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
  2. (transitive) To bear patiently.
    Synonyms: brook, put up with, tolerate; see also Thesaurus:tolerate
    "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
    • 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw , Act III:
      VVe will be Kings and Lords within our ſelues,
      And not abide the pride of tyrranie.
    • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 87, column 2:
      Neuer neuer: ſhe would alwayes ſay ſhee could not abide M[aster] Shallow.
    • 1978 December 2, “!!HELP!! (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 19, page 14:
      We are vegetarian leaning, dislike smoking and alcohol, cannot abide drugs.
    • 1998, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by The Big Lebowski (David Huddleston):
      By God sir. I will not abide another toe.
  3. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
    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.
    Synonyms: hold on, stay; see also Thesaurus:wait
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.
  7. (intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
  8. (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode.
    Synonyms: dwell, live, reside; see also Thesaurus:reside
  9. (intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last.
    • 1998, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by Narrator (Sam Elliot):
      The Dude abides.
  10. (transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
    Synonyms: await, wait for; see also Thesaurus:wait for
  11. (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
  12. (transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

Usage notes

  • (bear patiently): The negative form can't abide is used to indicate strong dislike.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

abide by — see abide by
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References

  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN), page 3
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abide”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
  3. ^ Robert Holland, M.R.A.C., A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 1

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

abide

  1. genitive plural of abi

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish آبده, from Arabic آبِدة (ʔābida), from آبِد (ʔābid), active participle of أَبَدَ (ʔabada). The sense of monument first attested around 1908 with respect to the Monument of Liberty (Âbide-i Hürriyet) then under construction in Istanbul.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

abide

  1. something of monumental importance
  2. monument
Declension
Inflection
Nominative abide
Definite accusative abideyi
Singular Plural
Nominative abide abideler
Definite accusative abideyi abideleri
Dative abideye abidelere
Locative abidede abidelerde
Ablative abideden abidelerden
Genitive abidenin abidelerin

References

Etymology 2

Noun

abide

  1. locative singular of abi
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