abide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbaɪd/
ipa: /əˈbaɪd/
rhymes: -aɪd
Forms: form: abides
form: abiding
form: abode
form: abided
form: abid
form: abode
form: abided
form: abid
form: abidden
Etymology: From Middle English abyden, from Old English ābīdan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀbīdan, 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.
Senses: examples: text: The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
synonyms: word: hold on
word: resist
word: persevere
word: abide
word: astand
word: bear up
word: carry on
word: continue
word: endure
word: follow up
word: hang in there
word: hold on
word: hold out
word: hold the line
word: hold up
word: keep a stiff upper lip
word: keep trying
word: keep up
word: persevere
word: persist
word: plod
word: plug
word: plug away
word: resist
word: soldier on
word: stay
word: stay the course
word: stay the distance
word: stick it out
word: stick to
word: stick by one's guns
word: stick to one's guns
word: stick with
word: stick with it
glosses: To endure without yielding; to withstand.
examples: text: "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
text: VVe will be Kings and Lords within our ſelues,
And not abide the pride of tyrranie.
ref: 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act III:
text: Neuer neuer: ſhe would alwayes ſay ſhee could not abide M[aster] Shallow.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 87, column 2:
text: We are vegetarian leaning, dislike smoking and alcohol, cannot abide drugs.
ref: 1978 December 2, “!HELP!! (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 19, page 14:
text: By God sir. I will not abide another toe.
ref: 1998, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by The Big Lebowski (David Huddleston):
synonyms: word: brook
word: put up with
word: tolerate
word: abear
word: abide
word: aby
word: accept
word: allow
word: bear
word: bide
word: brook
word: dree
word: endure
word: forbear
word: go along with
word: live with
word: pass
word: pocket
word: pouch
word: put up with
word: stand
word: stick
word: stomach
word: suffer
word: swallow
word: take
word: take sitting down
word: thole
word: tolerate
word: undergang
word: undergo
glosses: To bear patiently.
examples: text: Diſparage not the faith thou doſt not know, / Leſt to thy perill thou abide it deare.
ref: [c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, 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, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 154, column 2:
text: If it be found ſo, ſome will deere abide it.
ref: 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, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 122, column 1:
text: Ay me, they little know / How dearly I abide that boaſt ſo vaine, / Under what torments inwardly I groane[…]
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
synonyms: answer for
suffer
atone
glosses: To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
examples: text: The new teacher was strict and the students did not want to abide by his rules.
glosses: Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 22:5:
synonyms: word: hold on
word: stay
word: abide
word: back that train up
word: bide
word: bide one's time
word: expect
word: defer
word: hang on
word: hold on
word: hold one's breath
word: hold one's horses
word: hold one's water
word: hold out
word: mark time
word: stand by
word: stay
word: twiddle one's thumbs
word: wait
glosses: To wait in expectation.
glosses: To pause; to delay.
examples: text: One generation passeth away, and another generation commeth: but the earth abideth for euer.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 1:4:
text: Let euery man abide in the ſame calling wherein he was called.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 7:20:
text: 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.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 24:29:
glosses: To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
examples: text: "As how, my lambkin," blushing, she replide, / "Because I in this dancing schoole abide? / If that it be, that breede's this discontent, / We will remoue the camp incontinent: / For shelter onelie, sweete heart, came I hither, / And to auoide the troblous stormie weather; / But now the coaste is cleare, we will be gonne, / Since, but thy self, true louer I haue none."
ref: 1593, Thomas Nashe, The Choice of Valentines:
text: 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.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 24:55:
text: In empty hush, in airless gloom, Mr. Knott abode, in the large room set aside for his exclusive enjoyment, and that of his attendant.
ref: 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: dwell
word: live
word: reside
word: abide
word: bedwell
word: belive
word: dwell
word: haunt
word: inhabit
word: live
word: occupy
word: reside
word: stay
glosses: To have one's abode.
examples: text: The Dude abides.
ref: 1998, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by Narrator (Sam Elliot):
glosses: To endure; to remain; to last.
examples: text: Saue that the holy Ghoſt witneſſeth in euery city, ſaying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 20:23:
text: I will abide the coming of my lord.
ref: 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 52:
synonyms: word: await
word: wait for
word: abide
word: attend
word: await
word: bide
word: expect
word: hold up
word: keep
word: remain
word: stay
word: tarry
word: tend
word: wait
word: wait on
word: wait for
glosses: To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
examples: text: […]And shalt abide her judgment on it.
ref: 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 31:
glosses: To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 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, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi], page 45:
glosses: To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
Derived terms: abidance
Related terms: abidable
abideable
abide by
abider
abiding-place
law-abiding