abide

English

Etymology

From Middle English abiden, from Old English ābīdan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-Germanic *uzbīdaną (“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent to a- +‎ bide. Cognate with Scots abyde (“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.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbaɪd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbaɪd/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

abide (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; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere. [from mid-12th century][2]
    The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
  2. (transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand. [from late 15th century][2]
  3. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for. [from late 16th century][2]
  4. Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
    The new teacher was strict and the students did not want to abide by his rules.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [from mid-12th to mid-17th century][2]
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay. [from c. 1150-1350 to mid-17th century][2]
  7. (intransitive, archaic) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from c. 1150-1350][2]
  8. (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn. [from c. 1350-1470][2]
  9. (intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last. [from c. 1350-1470][2]
    • 1998, Sam Elliot as Narrator, The Big Lebowski:
      The Dude abides.
  10. (transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for. [from early 12th century][2]
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter viij, in Le Morte Darthur, book XIII:
      Allas sayd she that euer I sawe yow / but he that suffred vpon the crosse for alle mankynde he be vnto yow good conduyte and saufte / and alle the hole felauship / Ryght soo departed Launcelot / & fond his felauship that abode his comyng / and so they mounted on their horses / and rode thorou the strete of Camelot
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts 20:23:
      Saue that the holy Ghoſt witneſſeth in euery city, ſaying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
    • 1856-1885, Alfred Tennyson, Idylls of the King:
      I will abide the coming of my lord.
  11. (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under. [from c. 1150-1350 to early 18th century.][2]
    • 1856-1885, Alfred Tennyson, Idylls of the King:
      […] And shalt abide her judgment on it.
  12. (transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to. [from c. 1350-1470.][2]
    • 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II, [Act V, scene vi], page 45:
      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.

Usage notes
  • (bear patiently): Used in the negative form can't abide is used to indicate strong dislike.

Synonyms

Translations
abide by — see abide by
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See also

References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3
  2. “abide” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.

Anagrams

Estonian

Noun

abide

  1. genitive plural of abi

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic آبِدة‎ (ʾābida). The sense of monument first attested around 1908 with respect to the Monument of Liberty (Âbide-i Hürriyet) then under construction in Istanbul.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aː.biˈde/

Noun

abide

  1. something of monumental importance
  2. monument

Declension
Inflection
Nominative abide
Definite accusative abideyi
Singular Plural
Nominative abide abideler
Definite accusative abideyi abideleri
Dative abideye abidelere
Locative abidede abidelerde
Ablative abideden abidelerden
Genitive abidenin abidelerin

References
  • abide in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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