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abide en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /əˈbaɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-? Proto-Germanic *uz- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti Proto-Germanic *bīdaną Proto-Germanic *uzbīdaną Proto-West Germanic *uʀbīdan Old English ābīdan Middle English abyden English abide From Middle English abyden, from Old English ābīdan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀbīdan, from Proto-Germanic *uzbīdaną (“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent to a- + bide. Cognate with Scots abide (“to abide, remain”), Middle High German erbīten (“to await, expect”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (usbeidan, “to expect, await, have patience”). The sense of pay for is due to influence from aby.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.
   • The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
2. (transitive) To bear patiently.
   • "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
   • We are vegetarian leaning, dislike smoking and alcohol, cannot abide drugs. 1978 December 2, “!HELP!! (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 19, page 14:
   • Neuer neuer: ſhe would alwayes ſay ſhee could not abide M[aster] Shallow. c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 87, column 2:
   • VVe will be Kings and Lords within our ſelues, And not abide the pride of tyrranie. 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act III:
   • By God sir. I will not abide another toe. 1998, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by The Big Lebowski (David Huddleston):
3. (transitive) To pay for; to take the consequences of.
   • Diſparage not the faith thou doſt not know, / Leſt to thy perill thou abide it deare. [c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 154, column 2:
   • If it be found ſo, ſome will deere abide it. 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], page 122, column 1:
   • Ay me, they little know / How dearly I abide that boaſt ſo vaine, / Under what torments inwardly I groane[…] 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
4. 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.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.
   • And Abraham ſaid vnto his yong men, Abide you here with the aſſe, and I and the lad will goe yonder and worſhip, and come againe to you. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 22:5:
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.
7. (Scotland, archaic, intransitive) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
   • Let euery man abide in the ſame calling wherein he was called. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 7:20:
   • One generation passeth away, and another generation commeth: but the earth abideth for euer. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 1:4:
   • But they constrained him, saying, Abide with vs, for it is towards euening, and the day is farre spent: And he went in, to tarrie with them. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 24:29:
8. (archaic, intransitive) To have one's abode.
   • In empty hush, in airless gloom, Mr. Knott abode, in the large room set aside for his exclusive enjoyment, and that of his attendant. 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
   • "As how, my lambkin," blushing, she replide, / "Because I in this dancing schoole abide? / If that it be, that breede's this discontent, / We will remoue the camp incontinent: / For shelter onelie, sweete heart, came I hither, / And to auoide the troblous stormie weather; / But now the coaste is cleare, we will be gonne, / Since, but thy self, true louer I haue none." 1593, Thomas Nashe, The Choice of Valentines:
   • And her brother and her mother ſaid, Let the damſell abide with vs a few dayes, at the leaſt ten ; after that, ſhe ſhall goe. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 24:55:
9. (archaic, intransitive) To endure; to remain; to last.
   • The Dude abides. 1998, Joel and Ethan Coen, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by Narrator (Sam Elliot):
10. (archaic, transitive) To stand ready for; to await someone; watch for.
    • I will abide the coming of my lord. 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 52:
    • Saue that the holy Ghoſt witneſſeth in euery city, ſaying that bonds and afflictions abide me. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 20:23:
11. (obsolete, transitive) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
    • […]And shalt abide her judgment on it. 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 31:
12. (archaic, transitive) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
    • The grand Conſpirator, Abbot of Weſtminſter, / With clog of Conſcience, and ſowre Melancholly, / Hath yeelded vp his body to the graue : / But here is Carlile, liuing to abide / Thy Kingly doome, and ſentence of his pride. 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene vi], page 45:

Forms

Deriveds

abidance

Relateds

abiding-place · abider · abide by · abideable · abidable · law-abiding

Synonyms

stay · expect · live · pouch · belive · hang on · dwell · hold on · tend · abide · stick to one's guns · wait on · hold on · carry on · attend · swallow · take sitting down · reside · hold on · suffer · bide one's time · resist · dwell · stay · stay the distance · continue · resist · pocket · stick with · stick by one's guns · wait · stay · accept · hold one's water · thole · brook · live with · hold out · undergang · bide · abide · wait for · plug · tolerate · stay the course · bear up · stick with it · back that train up · keep a stiff upper lip · live · stand by · put up with · plod · wait for · bear · stick to · await · persevere · keep · reside · hold out · put up with · hold one's breath · allow · twiddle one's thumbs · hold up · answer for · occupy · plug away · abide · astand · follow up · endure · remain · expect · endure · abide · hold one's horses · keep up · tolerate · mark time · hold the line · brook · atone · abear · persist · go along with · forbear · defer · pass · stick it out · dree · hang in there · aby · await · undergo · bide · stick · abide · stay · tarry · suffer · stay · take · keep trying · bide · bedwell · soldier on · haunt · hold on · wait · inhabit · stand · stomach · hold up

Translations (207)

hu megfizet (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · ca sofrir (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · pt aguentar (endure without yielding) · tr ikamet etmek (dwell) · es esperar (wait in expectation) · pt esperar (wait in expectation) · hu tartózkodik (stay) · cmn 抵住 (endure without yielding) · ca residir (dwell) · nl verwachten (wait in expectation) · fi jäädä (stay) · pt resistir (sem ceder) (endure without yielding) · it attendere (wait in expectation) · fo tola (bear patiently; tolerate) · pt persistir (endure without yielding) · no tåle (bear patiently; tolerate) · es quedar (stay) · pt pagar as favas (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · fi kohdata seuraukset (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · pt morar (dwell) · ru остава́ться (dwell) · vi chờ (wait in expectation) · it sopportare (bear patiently; tolerate) · es pagar el pato (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · bg оча́квам (wait in expectation) · it vivere (dwell) · vi chờ đợi (wait in expectation) · hu szembeszegül (endure without yielding) · vi ngụ (dwell) · nl verdragen (endure without yielding) · vi ở (dwell) · grc ναίω (dwell) · bg пребива́вам (dwell) · vi chịu đựng (endure without yielding) · fr payer les pots cassés (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · hu megbűnhődik (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · it stare (stay) · pt pagar o pato (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · hu ellenszegül (endure without yielding) · es soportar (bear patiently; tolerate) · fr assumer les conséquences (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · ca pagar els plats trencats (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · ca endurar (endure without yielding) · no avvente (wait in expectation) · fi kestää (bear patiently; tolerate) · hu lakol (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · it perdurare (endure without yielding) · es pagar justos por pecadores (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · da afvente (wait in expectation) · hu tűr (bear patiently; tolerate) · it dimorare (dwell) · es permanecer (stay) · ru пребыва́ть (dwell) · hu lakozik (dwell) · bg оста́вам (dwell) · fr faire face à la musique (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · ru прожива́ть (dwell) · fa منتظر بودن (wait in expectation) · bg ча́кам (wait in expectation) · fo standa(st) til svars (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · hu időzik (stay) · hu eltűr (bear patiently; tolerate) · da tolerere (bear patiently; tolerate) · de ertragen (bear patiently; tolerate) · txb walāk- (dwell) · pt viver (dwell) · fr endurer (endure without yielding) · pt aguardar (wait in expectation) · es cargar el muerto a alguien (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · pt suportar (bear patiently; tolerate) · fa مدارا کردن (bear patiently; tolerate) · es habitar (dwell) · de zahlen (with für) (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · fo bera / taka avleiðingarnar (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · ca suportar (endure without yielding) · fi asustaa (dwell) · ca expectar (wait in expectation) · fa ساکن شدن (dwell) · it rimanere (stay) · nl uithouden (endure without yielding) · it abitare (dwell) · cmn 接受 (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · vi chịu được (bear patiently; tolerate) · it pagare il fio (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · arz يفضل (dwell) · hu meglakol (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · it tenere duro (endure without yielding) · sv avvakta (wait in expectation) · it risiedere (dwell) · no forbli (dwell) · es echar el muerto a alguien (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · fi oleskella (dwell) · da tåle (bear patiently; tolerate) · sv tolerera (bear patiently; tolerate) · ca romandre (stay) · es aguardar (wait in expectation) · lo ສະຖິຕ (dwell) · no tolerere (bear patiently; tolerate) · ru ожида́ть (wait in expectation) · oc demorar (dwell) · is þola (bear patiently; tolerate) · es apechugar[se] con (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · ca patir (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · cmn 遵守 (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · cmn 抵住 (bear patiently; tolerate) · nl ondergaan (endure without yielding) · es permanecer (endure without yielding) · ca persistir (endure without yielding) · ca suportar (bear patiently; tolerate) · it perseverare (endure without yielding) · ca enfrontar(-se a) les conseqüències (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · fo taka við avleiðingunum (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · es morar (dwell) · es pagar los vidrios rotos (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · nl verdragen (bear patiently; tolerate) · ru жить (dwell) · cmn 居住 (dwell) · nl afwachten (wait in expectation) · cmn 容忍 (endure without yielding) · fi sietää (endure without yielding) · sk strpieť (bear patiently; tolerate) · ru ждать (wait in expectation) · it tollerare (bear patiently; tolerate) · es resistir (sin ceder) (endure without yielding) · ca resistir (endure without yielding) · ca restar (stay) · de erwarten (wait in expectation) · de verweilen (dwell) · cmn 屈從 /屈从 (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · cmn 容忍 (bear patiently; tolerate) · cmn 等待 (wait in expectation) · no holde ut (endure without yielding) · pt residir (dwell) · it subire le conseguenze (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · hu elvisel (bear patiently; tolerate) · it restare (stay) · de ausstehen (bear patiently; tolerate) · de weilen (dwell) · ru терпе́ть (endure without yielding) · eo restadi (stay) · it aspettare (wait in expectation) · ca aguantar (endure without yielding) · es aguantar (endure without yielding) · cmn 承受 (endure without yielding) · it fermarsi (stay) · sv stå ut med (bear patiently; tolerate) · fr rester (stay) · it resistere (senza cedere) (endure without yielding) · fr résister (sans céder) (endure without yielding) · pt habitar (dwell) · ru выноси́ть (endure without yielding) · bg търпя́ (endure without yielding) · vi chịu (endure without yielding) · es residir (dwell) · la possideo (dwell) · ar يَبْقَى (dwell) · fo bera / taka ábyrgð (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · fa تحمل کردن (endure without yielding) · de aushalten (endure without yielding) · nl tolereren (bear patiently; tolerate) · ca habitar (dwell) · nl verblijven (dwell) · es durar (endure without yielding) · bg толери́рам (bear patiently; tolerate) · de verbleiben (stay) · ca demorar (dwell) · fi odottaa (wait in expectation) · sk vytrvať (endure without yielding) · ru обита́ть (dwell) · ar خَلَدَ (stay) · es quedar (endure without yielding) · fr souffrir (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · arz يستنا (dwell) · nl wonen (dwell) · ms duduk (dwell) · ru терпе́ть (bear patiently; tolerate) · cmn 留 (stay) · hu marad (stay) · sv tåla (bear patiently; tolerate) · it soffrire (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · sv invänta (wait in expectation) · fr tolérer (bear patiently; tolerate) · fr demeurer (dwell) · hu lakik (dwell) · es tolerar (bear patiently; tolerate) · ms tinggal dalam (dwell) · pt enfrontar(-se a) música (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · vi chịu (bear patiently; tolerate) · de harren (wait in expectation) · nl toelaten (bear patiently; tolerate) · es aguantar el chaparrón (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · vi chống đỡ được (endure without yielding) · pt aguentar (bear patiently; tolerate) · nl doorstaan (endure without yielding) · it reggere (endure without yielding) · de abwarten (wait in expectation) · fr porter le chapeau (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · fr persévérer (endure without yielding) · tr oturmak (dwell) · cmn 承受 (bear patiently; tolerate) · ca esperar (wait in expectation) · ca viure (dwell) · es pagar los platos rotos (pay for; suffer the consequences of; face the music) · pt tolerar (bear patiently; tolerate) · ca tolerar (bear patiently; tolerate) · fr supporter (bear patiently; tolerate) · hu dacol (endure without yielding)