abide
/əˈbaɪd/ verb C1- To endure without yielding; to withstand. · The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
- To bear patiently. · "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
- To pay for; to take the consequences of.
- Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”). · The new teacher was strict and the students did not want to abide by his rules.
He/she/it abides · Past abode · Past participle abode · -ing form abiding
Verb forms
- Base form
- abide
- He/she/it
- abides
- Past
- abode
- Past participle
- abode
- -ing form
- abiding
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Ample corroboration of this statement may be obtained by arresting the above-mentioned Edmond Dantès, who either carries the letter for Paris about with him, or has it at his father’s abode.
As they went along they chanced to pass a deep well, amply supplied with water, and when they saw it, one of the Frogs said to the other, “Let us descend and make our abode in this well: it will furnish us with shelter and food.” The other replied with greater caution, “But suppose the water should fail us.
The Bowman immediately shot out an arrow and said to the Lion: “I send thee my messenger, that from him thou mayest learn what I myself shall be when I assail thee.” The wounded Lion rushed away in great fear, and when a Fox who had seen it all happen told him to be of good courage and not to back off at the first attack he replied: “You counsel me in vain; for if he sends so fearful a messenger, how shall I abide the attack of the man himself?”
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