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English Dictionary: abide	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abide v dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" Synonym(s): bide, abide, stay put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" Synonym(s): digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abide \Abide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abode}, formerly {Abid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abiding}.] [AS. [be]b[c6]dan; pref. [be]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[c6]dan to bide. See {Bide}.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abide \Abide"\, v. t. 1. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide* my time. [bd]I will abide the coming of my lord.[b8] --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.