meaning of abide

1. To wait; to pause; to delay.
2.
To stay; to continue in a place; to have ones abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
3.
To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
4.
To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
5.
To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
6.
To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
7.
To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
8.
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"


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