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abide

verb

ə-ˈbīd How to pronounce abide (audio)
abided also abode ə-ˈbōd How to pronounce abide (audio) ; abiding

transitive verb

1
a
: to bear patiently : tolerate
cannot abide such bigots
b
: to endure without yielding : withstand
abide the onrush of the enemy
2
: to wait for : await
I will abide the coming of my lord. Alfred Tennyson
3
: to accept without objection
will abide your decision

intransitive verb

1
: to remain stable or fixed in a state
a love that abided with him all his days
2
: to continue in a place : sojourn
will abide in the house of the Lord
abider noun
Phrases
abide by
1
: to conform to
abide by the rules
2
: to accept without objection : to acquiesce in
will abide by your decision

Did you know?

Abide may sound rather old-fashioned these days. The word has been around since before the 12th century, but it is a bit rare now, except in certain specialized uses. Even more archaic to our modern ear is abidden, the original past participle of abide. Today, both the past tense and the past participle of abide are served by either abode or abided, with abided being the more frequent choice. Abide turns up often in the phrase "can't (or couldn't) abide." The expression abide by, which means "to conform to" or "to acquiesce in," is also common. Related terms include the participial adjective abiding (which means "enduring" or "continuing," as in "an abiding interest in nature"), the noun abidance ("continuance" or "compliance"), and the noun abode ("residence").

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The Use of Abide in Literature and Popular Culture

The comments by users of this dictionary suggest that many people who are interested in the meaning of the word abide are motivated by one of two rather distinct things: the Bible, in which, for instance, Jesus calls upon his followers to "abide in me"; and the movie The Big Lebowski, in which Jeffrey Lebowski (aka "The Dude") proclaims that "The Dude abides." Both the movie and the book have done much to keep the word in general current usage. Though the sources are wildly different, in each of these particular examples, abide is used as it is defined at the first intransitive sense: "to remain stable or fixed in a state." In the phrase "abide in me," Jesus is asking his followers to stay constant in their relationship to him. The exact meaning of "The Dude abides" is a topic of some debate, but clearly there is some notion of the constancy of Lebowski himself—metaphysically perhaps—being asserted.

Although the phrase can’t abide has for some the feeling of a modern colloquialism, it has been pointed out that such use dates back at least as far as Shakespeare: in Henry IV, Part II, Falstaff says “she would always say she could not abide Master Shallow.”

Synonyms

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bear, suffer, endure, abide, tolerate, stand mean to put up with something trying or painful.

bear usually implies the power to sustain without flinching or breaking.

forced to bear a tragic loss

suffer often suggests acceptance or passivity rather than courage or patience in bearing.

suffering many insults

endure implies continuing firm or resolute through trials and difficulties.

endured years of rejection

abide suggests acceptance without resistance or protest.

cannot abide their rudeness

tolerate suggests overcoming or successfully controlling an impulse to resist, avoid, or resent something injurious or distasteful.

refused to tolerate such treatment

stand emphasizes even more strongly the ability to bear without discomposure or flinching.

unable to stand teasing

continue, last, endure, abide, persist mean to exist over a period of time or indefinitely.

continue applies to a process going on without ending.

the search for peace will continue

last, especially when unqualified, may stress existing beyond what is normal or expected.

buy shoes that will last

endure adds an implication of resisting destructive forces or agencies.

in spite of everything, her faith endured

abide implies stable and constant existing especially as opposed to mutability.

a love that abides through 40 years of marriage

persist suggests outlasting the normal or appointed time and often connotes obstinacy or doggedness.

the sense of guilt persisted

Example Sentences

Now his anger had poisoned all relationships, no one could be put in the two empty beds in the room, and not even his long-suffering sister could abide him in her house. Peter Pouncey, Rules for Old Men Waiting, 2005 A former party functionary, Yeltsin replaced Communist ideology with a supremely simplified vision of democracy, which boiled down to two tenets: He could not abide Communists, and he supported freedom of the press. Masha Gessen, New Republic, 5 June 2000 abide in the house of the Lord a love that abided till the end of their lives
Recent Examples on the Web The evolving health care market assumes that health care is a commodity that does not require long-term relationships, much less the need to abide by a covenant of care. Peter A. Bonis, STAT, 11 Sep. 2022 The court also denied Meta’s attempt to invalidate Washington’s decades-old transparency law, according to Attorney General Bob Ferguson, whose office has repeatedly sued Meta over its failure to abide by the law. Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022 Matsui criticized nuclear weapon states, including Russia, for not taking steps despite their pledge to abide by obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Mari Yamaguchi, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2022 Women must now cover themselves when in public and are subject to punishment including jail time for failure to abide by the Taliban's restrictions. Paulina Smolinski, CBS News, 2 Aug. 2022 Instead, both the inability to abide by the norms which bind everyone else and the casual and foolish falsehood which followed speak to flaws in Johnson's makeup. Rosa Prince, CNN, 7 July 2022 Several people close to the process said Boehly’s bid was eventually selected from the group of wealthy suitors because of its willingness to abide by the clauses. New York Times, 24 May 2022 Any failure to abide by those standards should be legislated, and therefore punished, by the state. Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 19 May 2022 In that context — and in view of Trump's entirely foreseeable refusal to abide by the 2020 election results — Lee's tweet seemed at the time less a true statement of political fact and more like a threat. Joel Mathis, The Week, 15 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English abiden, going back to Old English abīdan, from a-, perfective prefix + bīdan "to bide, wait"; a- (also ā-, ǣ- under stress in nominal derivatives) akin to Old Frisian a-, perfective prefix, Old Saxon ā-, ō- (unstressed a-) and probably to Old English or- "outward, extreme, lacking (in nominal compounds)," Old Frisian & Old Saxon ur-, or-, Old High German ar-, ir-, er- unstressed inchoative verb prefix, ur "out of, away from," Old Norse ūr-, ör-, "out of, from," ør-, privative prefix, Gothic us- "out of," us-, privative and perfective prefix; if from pre-Germanic *ud-s- akin to Old English ūt "out" — more at out entry 1, bide

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of abide was before the 12th century

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