abide
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
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.
Base: bide
Affixes: a-
Inflected forms:
form: abides
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: abiding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: abode
pos: verb
tags: past
form: abided
pos: verb
tags: past
form: abid
pos: verb
tags: past
form: abode
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: abided
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: abid
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: abidden
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
rare
Senses:
gloss: To endure without yielding; to withstand.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
gloss: To bear patiently.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
VVe will be Kings and Lords within our ſelues,
And not abide the pride of tyrranie.
Neuer neuer: ſhe would alwayes ſay ſhee could not abide M[aster] Shallow.
We are vegetarian leaning, dislike smoking and alcohol, cannot abide drugs.
By God sir. I will not abide another toe.
gloss: To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Diſparage not the faith thou doſt not know, / Leſt to thy perill thou abide it deare.
If it be found ſo, ſome will deere abide it.
Ay me, they little know / How dearly I abide that boaſt ſo vaine, / Under what torments inwardly I groane[…]
gloss: Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
pos: verb
examples: The new teacher was strict and the students did not want to abide by his rules.
gloss: To wait in expectation.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: 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.
gloss: To pause; to delay.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
gloss: To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
pos: verb
tags: Scotland
archaic
intransitive
examples: One generation passeth away, and another generation commeth: but the earth abideth for euer.
Let euery man abide in the ſame calling wherein he was called.
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.
gloss: To have one's abode.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
intransitive
examples: "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."
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.
In empty hush, in airless gloom, Mr. Knott abode, in the large room set aside for his exclusive enjoyment, and that of his attendant.
gloss: To endure; to remain; to last.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
intransitive
examples: The Dude abides.
gloss: To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: Saue that the holy Ghoſt witneſſeth in euery city, ſaying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
I will abide the coming of my lord.
gloss: To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: […]And shalt abide her judgment on it.
gloss: To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: 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.
Related words: abidable
abideable
abide by
abider
abiding-place
law-abiding
Derived words: abidance
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