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   A·bide

   /əˈbīd/

   

   verb

   • 1. accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation): "I said I would abide by their decision"
   • 2. be unable to tolerate (someone or something): informal "if there is one thing I cannot abide it is a lack of discipline" Similar toleratebearstandput up withenduresufferacceptcope withlive withbrooksupporttakecountenancefacehandleinformal:stickswallowstomachhackwear
   • 3. (of a feeling or memory) continue without fading or being lost: "at least one memory will abide" Similar continueremainsurvivelastpersiststayhold onlive onOpposite fadedisappear
   • ▪ live; dwell: archaic "many unskillful Men do abide in our City of London"

   Word Origin Old Englishābīdan ‘wait’, from ā- ‘onwards’ + bīdan (see bide).

   Derivatives

   • 1. abidance noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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