abide
abide Lexical Profile
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• verb
To accept or act in accordance with a rule, decision, or recommendation (typically followed by 'by').
"All participants in the tournament must abide by the official regulations set by the committee."
To tolerate or endure someone or something unpleasant (usually used in negative or interrogative clauses).
"She could not abide hypocrisy in public officials."
To continue without fading or being lost; to remain or last (literary).
"Though seasons change, the memory of their kindness will abide for generations."
To live, dwell, or reside in a particular place (archaic or literary).
"The hermit chose to abide in a secluded cabin high in the mountains."
Word Nuance & Usage
In modern usage, the past tense is regularly 'abided' when used with 'by' (to obey a rule) or in the sense of tolerating something, whereas the older irregular past tense 'abode' is restricted to literary or archaic senses of remaining or dwelling.
• Rhymes for abide
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'abidan' ('to wait, remain, continue'), formed from the intensive prefix 'a-' and 'bidan' ('to bide, remain, endure'), tracing back to a Proto-Germanic root.