Definition of "abide"

abide

/əˈbaɪd/

verb
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.
2. (transitive) To bear patiently.
  Quotations
  VVe will be Kings and Lords within our ſelues,And not abide the pride of tyrranie.
  1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act III
  Neuer neuer: ſhe would alwayes ſay ſhee could not abide M[aster] Shallow.
  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[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii], page 87, column 2
  By God sir. I will not abide another toe.
  1998, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by The Big Lebowski (David Huddleston)
3. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
  Quotations
  Diſparage not the faith thou doſt not know, / Leſt to thy perill thou abide it deare.]
  Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii], page 154, column 2
  If it be found ſo, ſome will deere abide it.
  1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii], page 122, column 1
  Ay me, they little know / How dearly I abide that boaſt ſo vaine, / Under what torments inwardly I groane […]
  1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […]; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873,
4. Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.
  Quotations
  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, […], Genesis 22:5
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.
  Quotations
  One generation passeth away, and another generation commeth: but the earth abideth for euer.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Ecclesiastes 1:4
  Let euery man abide in the ſame calling wherein he was called.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1 Corinthians 7:20
  But they constrained him, saying, Abide with vs, for it is towards euening, and the day is farre spent: And he went in, to tarrie with them.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Luke 24:29
8. (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode.
  Quotations
  And her brother and her mother ſaid, Let the damſell abide with vs a few dayes, at the leaſt ten ; after that, ſhe ſhall goe.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Genesis 24:55
  In empty hush, in airless gloom, Mr. Knott abode, in the large room set aside for his exclusive enjoyment, and that of his attendant.
  1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, Olympia Press
9. (intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last.
  Quotations
  The Dude abides.
  1998, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by Narrator (Sam Elliot)
10. (transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
  Quotations
  Saue that the holy Ghoſt witneſſeth in euery city, ſaying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Acts 20:23
  I will abide the coming of my lord.
  1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], page 52
11. (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
  Quotations
  […] And shalt abide her judgment on it.
  1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], page 31
12. (transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
  Quotations
  The grand Conſpirator, Abbot of Weſtminſter, / With clog of Conſcience, and ſowre Melancholly, / Hath yeelded vp his body to the graue : / But here is Carlile, liuing to abide / Thy Kingly doome, and ſentence of his pride.
  1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene vi], page 45

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