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abide

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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishabyden, fromOld Englishābīdan(“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), fromProto-West Germanic*uʀbīdan, fromProto-Germanic*uzbīdaną(“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent toa- +‎bide.

Cognate withScotsabide(“to abide, remain”),Middle High Germanerbīten(“to await, expect”),Gothic𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽(usbeidan,“to expect, await, have patience”). The sense ofpay for is due to influence fromaby.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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abide (third-person singular simple presentabides,present participleabiding,simple pastabodeorabidedorabid,past participleabodeorabidedor(rare)abidden)

  1. (transitive) To endure without yielding; towithstand.[from mid-12th c.][2]
    Synonyms:hold on,resist,persevere;see alsoThesaurus:persevere
    The old oak treeabides the wind endlessly.
  2. (transitive) To bearpatiently.[from late 15th c.][2]
    Synonyms:brook,put up with,tolerate;see alsoThesaurus:tolerate
    "I never couldabide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.[3]
    • 1593, anonymous author,The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […],Act III:
      VVe will be Kings and Lords within our ſelues,
      And notabide the pride of tyrranie.
    • c.1596–1599 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii],page87, column 2:
      Neuer neuer: ſhe would alwayes ſay ſhee could notabide M[aster]Shallow.
    • 1978 December 2, “!HELP!! (personal advertisement)”, inGay Community News, volume 6, number19, page14:
      We are vegetarian leaning, dislike smoking and alcohol, cannotabide drugs.
    • 1998, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen,The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by The Big Lebowski (David Huddleston):
      By God sir. I will notabide another toe.
  3. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.[from late 16th c.][2]
    Synonyms:answer for,suffer,atone
  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 toabide by his rules.
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) Towait in expectation.[mid-12th–mid-17th c.][2]
    Synonyms:hold on,stay;see alsoThesaurus:wait
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) Topause; todelay.[from ca. 1150—1350 to mid-17th c.][2]
  7. (intransitive, archaic, Scotland) Tostay; tocontinue in a place; to remainstable orfixed in some state or condition; to be left.[from ca. 1150—1350][2]
  8. (intransitive, archaic) To have one'sabode.[from ca. 1350—1470][2]
    Synonyms:dwell,live,reside;see alsoThesaurus:reside
  9. (intransitive, archaic) To endure; toremain; to last.[from ca. 1350—1470][2]
    • 1998, Joel and Ethan Coen,The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by Narrator (Sam Elliot):
      The Dudeabides.
  10. (transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.[from early 12th c.][2]
    Synonyms:await,wait for;see alsoThesaurus:wait for
  11. (transitive, obsolete) Toendure orundergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.[from ca. 1150—1350 to early 18th c.][2]
  12. (transitive, archaic) To awaitsubmissively; accept without question; submit to.[from ca. 1350—1470][2]

Usage notes

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  • (bear patiently): The negative formcan't abide is used to indicate strong dislike.

Derived terms

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Related terms

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Translations

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endure without yielding
bear patiently; tolerate
pay for; stand the consequences of
abide by—seeabide by
stay
dwell
wait in expectation
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References

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  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. ↑2.002.012.022.032.042.052.062.072.082.092.10Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abide”, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page 4.
  3. ^Robert Holland, M.R.A.C.,A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester, Part I--A to F., English Dialect Society, London, 1884, 1

Anagrams

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Estonian

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Noun

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abide

  1. genitiveplural ofabi

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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ābīde

  1. inflection ofābīdan:
    1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. singularpresentsubjunctive

Verb

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ābide

  1. inflection ofābīdan:
    1. second-personsingularpreteriteindicative
    2. singularpreteritesubjunctive

Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromOttoman Turkishآبده(ābide), fromArabicآبِدة(ʔābida), fromآبِد(ʔābid), active participle ofأَبَدَ(ʔabada).The sense ofmonument first attested around 1908 with respect to theMonument of Liberty (Âbide-i Hürriyet) then under construction in Istanbul.[1]

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑːbiˈde/
  • Hyphenation:a‧bi‧de

Noun

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abide (definite accusativeabideyi,pluralabideler)

  1. something ofmonumentalimportance
  2. monument
Declension
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Declension ofabide
singularplural
nominativeabideabideler
definite accusativeabideyiabideleri
dativeabideyeabidelere
locativeabidedeabidelerde
ablativeabidedenabidelerden
genitiveabideninabidelerin

Etymology 2

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Noun

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abide

  1. locativesingular ofabi

References

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  1. ^Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “abide”, inNişanyan Sözlük

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