Definition of abide

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Abide (v. t.) To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time..

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Repose :: Repose (v. i.) Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms..
Abode :: Abode () pret. of Abide.
Inhabit :: Inhabit (v. i.) To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.
Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To stay; to abide; to continue; to lodge.
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..
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..
Reside :: Reside (v. i.) To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to abide continuosly; to have one's domicile of home; to remain for a long time.
Lodge :: Lodge (v. i.) To rest or remain a lodge house, or other shelter; to rest; to stay; to abide; esp., to sleep at night; as, to lodge in York Street..
Wone :: Wone (a.) To dwell; to abide.
Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
Bail Bond :: Bail bond () Special bail in court to abide the judgment.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To remain; to continue in a place; to abide fixed for a space of time; to stop; to stand still.
Live :: Live (v. i.) To make one's abiding place or home; to abide; to dwell; to reside.
Dwell :: Dwell (v. i.) To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside..
Remain :: Remain (v. i.) To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last..
Abide :: Abide (v. i.) To wait; to pause; to delay.
Abide :: Abide (v. t.) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.
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
Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide..
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..
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