Definitions for abide
əˈbaɪdabide

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bide, abide, stayverb

   dwell

   "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

2. digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put upverb

   put up with something or somebody unpleasant

   "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. abideverb

   To wait in expectation; to pause; to delay; to tarry.

2. abideverb

   To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn;

3. abideverb

   To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain; to last; to endure.

4. abideverb

   To [[remain;; to be left.

5. abideverb

   To stand ready for; to await for someone.

6. abideverb

   To wait for, to be prepared for, to await expectantly, to watch for.

7. abideverb

   To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.

8. abideverb

   To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly.

9. abideverb

   To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.

10. abideverb

    To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.

11. abideverb

    To await submisively; accept without question; submit to.

12. Etymology: * Probably from before 1200.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ABIDEverb

   I abode or abid.

   Etymology: from bidian , or aubidian , Sax.

   1. To dwell in a place, not remove.

   Thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, if I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. Now therefore I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad, a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. Gen. xliv. 32, 33.

   2. To dwell.

   The Marquis Dorset, as I hear, is fled
   To Richmond, in the parts where he abides. William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   3. To remain, not cease or fail.

   They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. Psalm cxxv. 1.

   4. To continue in the same state.

   The fear of the Lord tendeth to life; and he that hath it shall abide satisfied. Prov. xix. 23.

   Those who apply themselves to learning, are forced to acknowledge one God, incorruptible and unbegotten; who is the only true being, and abides for ever above the highest heavens, from whence he beholds all the things that are done in heaven and earth. Edward Stillingfleet, Defence of Disc. on Rom. Idolat.

   There can be no study without time; and the mind must abide and dwell upon things, or be always a stranger to the inside of them. South.

   5. To wait for, expect, attend, wait upon, await; used of things prepared for persons, as well as of persons expecting things.

   Home is he brought, and laid in sumptuous bed,
   Where many skilful leeches him abide,
   To salve his hurts. Fairy Queen, b. i. cant.
   5. stanz. 17.

   While lions war, and battle for their dens,
   Poor harmless lambs abide their enmity. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI. p. 3.

   Bonds and afflictions abide me. Acts xx. 23.

   6. To bear or support the consequences of a thing.

   Ah me! they little know
   How dearly I abide that boast so vain. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. iv. l. 87.

   7. To bear or support, without being conquered or destroyed.

   But the Lord he is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: At his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. Jer. x. 10.

   It must be allowed a fair presumption in favour of the truth of my doctrines, that they have abid a very rigorous test now for above thirty years, stand yet firm; and the longer and more strictly they are look’d into, the more they are confirmed to this very day. John Woodward, Letter i.

   8. To bear without aversion; in which sense it is commonly used with a negative.

   Thou can’st not abide Tiridates; this is but love of thyself. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   Thy vile race,
   Though thou didst learn, had that in’t, which good natures
   Could not abide to be with; therefore wast thou
   Deservedly confin’d into this rock. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   9. To bear or suffer.

   That chief (rejoin’d the God) his race derives
   From Ithaca, and wond’rous woes survives;
   Laertes’ son: girt with circumfluous tides
   He still calamitous constraint abides. Alexander Pope, Odyss. b. iv. l. 750.

   10. It is used with the particle with before a person, and at or in before a place.

   It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: Abide with me. Gen. xxix. 19.

   For thy servant vowed a vow, while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, if the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord. 2 Sam. xv. 8.

   11. It is used with by before a thing; as, to abide by his testimony; to abide by his own skill; that is, to rely upon them; to abide by an opinion; to maintain it; to abide by a man, is also, to defend or support him. But these forms are something low. Of the participle abid, I have found only the example in Woodward.

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1. abide

   Abide generally means to accept, follow or adhere to something such as rules, laws, principles or a particular situation. It can also mean to tolerate or withstand certain circumstances or behaviors. Additionally, it may imply staying in a particular place for a certain period of time.

2. abide

   To abide means to accept or act in accordance with a rule, decision, or recommendation. It can also mean to tolerate or withstand something or someone, typically patiently. Furthermore, it can refer to the act of living or dwelling somewhere.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Abideverb

   to wait; to pause; to delay

2. Abideverb

   to stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place

3. Abideverb

   to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain

4. Abideverb

   to wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time

5. Abideverb

   to endure; to sustain; to submit to

6. Abideverb

   to bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with

7. Abideverb

   to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for

8. Etymology: [AS. bdan; pref. - (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + bdan to bide. See Bide.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Abide

   a-bīd′, v.t. to bide or wait for: to endure: to tolerate.—v.i. to remain in a place, dwell or stay:—pa.t. and pa.p. abōde′.—n. Abid′ance.—adj. Abid′ing, continual.—n. an enduring.—adv. Abid′ingly. [A.S. ábídan—pfx. á- (= Goth. us = Ger. er), and bídan, to wait.]

2. Abide

   a-bīd′, v.t. (Shak. and Milton) to redeem, pay the penalty for, suffer. [M. E. abyen, confounded with Abide. See Aby.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ABIDE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Abide is ranked #137327 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Abide surname appeared 122 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Abide.
   
   93.4% or 114 total occurrences were White.
   4.9% or 6 total occurrences were Black.

How to pronounce abide?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of abide in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of abide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of abide in a Sentence

1. D. H. Lawrence:

   Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that.

2. Henry David Thoreau:

   Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison . . . the only house in a slave State in which a free man can abide with honor.

3. Joan Laporta:

   And in the Spanish league we have to abide by the rules. We think they could be more flexible, but that’s not an excuse, we knew the regulation. We couldn't abide by it because of the inheritance we had.

4. Joan Laporta:

   There comes a moment when you need to say ‘enough’. You need to analyze rigorously with a cold head and look at the numbers, and in the Spanish league we have to abide by the rules. We think they could be more flexible, but that’s not an excuse, we knew the regulation. We couldn't abide by it because of the inheritance we had.

5. Phil Derner:

   For the most part, there is no such thing as an ‘ unsafe ’ airline, agencies such as the [ Federal Aviation Administration ] have very strict regulations for safe operations of air travel that all airlines must abide by, without exception. Even the lowest of low cost/no frills airlines jump through the same hoops as large major carriers, and are no less or more safe than the next.

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