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Lie :: Lie (adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall..

Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To remain in any position or state; to continue; to abide; to stay; as, to keep at a distance; to keep aloft; to keep near; to keep in the house; to keep before or behind; to keep in favor; to keep out of company, or out reach..

Inhabit :: Inhabit (v. i.) To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.

Harbor :: Harbor (v. i.) To lodge, or abide for a time; to take shelter, as in a harbor..

Stand :: Stand (n.) To be or remain as it is; to continue in force; to have efficacy or validity; to abide.

Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.

Make :: Make (v. t.) To bring about; to bring forward; to be the cause or agent of; to effect, do, perform, or execute; -- often used with a noun to form a phrase equivalent to the simple verb that corresponds to such noun; as, to make complaint, for to complain; to make record of, for to record; to make abode, for to abide, etc..

Abit :: Abit () 3d sing. pres. of Abide.

Abide :: Abide (v. i.) 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..

Dwell :: Dwell (v. i.) To abide; to remain; to continue.

A- :: A- () A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old English

Stand :: Stand (v. t.) To abide by; to submit to; to suffer.

Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide..

Dwell :: Dwell (v. i.) To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside..

Hold :: Hold (n. i.) Not to fail or be found wanting; to continue; to last; to endure a test or trial; to abide; to persist.

Abider :: Abider (n.) One who abides, or continues..

Ne Exeat :: Ne exeat () A writ to restrain a person from leaving the country, or the jurisdiction of the court. The writ was originally applicable to purposes of state, but is now an ordinary process of courts of equity, resorted to for the purpose of obtaining bail, or security to abide a decree..

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.

Abode :: Abode () pret. of Abide.

Indwell :: Indwell (v. t. & i.) To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.

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