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Abide

Definitions: Abide

Abide

Verb

1. Dwell (archaic); "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young".

2. Put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "abide" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Abide

Synonyms: bear (v), bide (v), brook (v), endure (v), put up (v), stand (v), stay (v), stomach (v), suffer (v), support (v), tolerate (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Abide

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Assent

Acknowledge, own, admit, allow, avow, confess; concede; (yield); come round to; abide by; permit.

Compromise

Verb: compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms; (contract); submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed.

Continuance in action

Verb: continue, persist; go on, jog on, keep on, run on, hold on; abide, keep, pursue, stick to its course, take its course, maintain its course; carry on, keep up.

Dislike

Shun, avoid; eschew; withdraw from, shrink from, recoil from; not be able to bear, not be able to abide, not be able to endure; shrug the shoulders at, shudder at, turn up the nose at, look askance at; make a mouth, make a wry face, make a grimace; make faces.

Diuturnity

Verb: last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand years.

Excitability

Tolerate, suffer, stand, bide; abide, aby; bear with, put up with, take up with, abide with; acquiesce; submit; (yield); submit with a good grace; resign oneself to, reconcile oneself to; brook, digest, eat, swallow, pocket, stomach.

Existence

Abide, continue, endure, last, remain, stay.

Expectation

Wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for; keep a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for; await; stand at "attention," abide, bide one's time, watch.

Feeling

Bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole, aby; abide; (be composed); experience; (meet with); taste, prove; labor under, smart under; bear the brunt of, brave, stand.

Observance

Verb: observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by; cling to, adhere to, be faithful to, act up to; meet, fulfill; carry out, carry into execution; execute, perform, keep, satisfy, discharge; do one's office.

Permanence

Verb: let alone, let be, let it be; persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest; stet; hold, hold on; last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep; stand, stand still, stand fast; subsist, live, outlive, survive; hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing; hold good.

Presence

People; inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch; take up one's abode; (be located); tenant.

Quiescence

Stagnate; quieta non movere; let alone; abide, rest and be thankful; keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed.

Submission

Pocket the affront; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; grin and abide, grin and bear it, shrug the shoulders, resign oneself; submit with a good grace; (bear with).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Abide

English words defined with "abide": A-, Abid, abide by, Abit, Away withNe exeatspirit world, StickTo abide by, To dwell in, To dwell on, To stand toWon, Wone. (references)
Specialty definitions using "abide": DumachusOpen ConferenceStand to a Bargain. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Abide" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Turkish (memorial, monument).

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Modern Usage: Abide

DomainUsage

Screenplays

They abide. (The Night of the Hunter; writing credit: James Agee; Davis Grubb)

Blackarachnia, oh dark poison of my heart, abide with me yet a while! (Beast Wars: Transformers; writing credit: Bob Forward; Lawrence G. DiTillio)

Madam, she has a circumstance that I cannot abide. (Cinderella; writing credit: Charles Perrault; Joseph Schrank)

There are certain rules that one must abide by in order to successfully create a sequel. (Scream 2; writing credit: Kevin Williamson)

Lyrics

And only then shall I abide this tide ("Hook"; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

Movie/TV Titles

Abide with Me (1916)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Abide

DomainTitle

Books

  

Theater & Movies

  • Abide As the Self: The Essential teachings of Ramana Maharshi (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Abide

AuthorQuotation

Daniel Webster

If we abide by the principles taught by the Bible, our country will go on prospering.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.

St. John of the Cross

Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Abide

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

But this no more makes a man a member of that society, a perpetual subject of that common-wealth, than it would make a man a subject to another, in whose family he found it convenient to abide for some time; though, whilst he continued in it, he were obliged to comply with the laws, and submit to the government he found there. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Abide

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

In addition, franchises must abide by laws governing fair trade and competition. (references)

Therefore, general rules of civil and commercial right are applied, by which both parties will abide with what was stipulated in the respective contract. (references)

This is expected to increase to 200 buildings by next year. New buildings in the private and public sectors abide by a set of energy efficiency standards. (references)

Children

India

In January, the NHRC wrote to the chief ministers of all states to ask them to abide by recommendations to remove all persons with mental illness from ordinary jails; however, by year's end, the directive had not been implemented. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ghana

The Government at times alleged that some reporters and editors failed to abide by professional ethical guidelines. (references)

Malaysia

Harakah stated that it would abide by the Home Ministry directive and the newspaper generally no longer is sold openly. (references)

Economic History

Spain

These companies have to abide by Spanish labor laws. (references)

Netherlands

The Dutch also abide by all internationally agreed strategic trade controls e.g. the Wassenaar Agreement. (references)

Nicaragua

It recognizes as legitimate all political forces that abide by the democratic process and eschew violence. (references)

Human Rights

Yemen

In practice many authorities abide by these provisions only if bribed. (references)

Zimbabwe

In April and May, the Government failed to abide by two High Court rulings requiring that police officials remove war veterans and other squatters trespassing on commercial farms. (references)

Costa Rica

The Constitution prohibits cruel or degrading treatment and holds invalid any statement obtained through violence, and the authorities generally abide by these prohibitions; however, members of the public forces were responsible for some physical abuse. (references)

Minorities

Moldova

However, Transnistrian authorities refused to abide by the law. (references)

Political Economy

ECUADOR

U.S. investors in these sectors are primarily large multinational companies that abide by the Ecuadorian Labor Code. (references)

Niger

During the year, the forces continued to abide by their statement; however, members of the security forces committed abuses. (references)

Political Rights

Peru

They were removed on grounds that they failed to abide by their oath of office to uphold the Constitution. (references)

Comoros

The other leaders did not indicate any unwillingness to abide by the terms of the agreement by year's end. (references)

Pakistan

President Musharraf pledged to abide by a May 2000 Supreme Court ruling that mandates that national elections be held no later than 90 days after October 12, 2002. Between December 31, 2000, and August 2, local elections were held in five phases on a nonparty basis. (references)

Trade

Thailand

To abide by the GATT Valuation System (GVS), Thailand announced its new customs valuation scheme on March 8, 2000, which became effective on January 1, 2000 . Under the new system, there are 6 methods in order of relevance to calculate the import duty. (references)

Mexico

If a NOM-issuing government agency decides to conduct all conformity assessment activities for a given NOM, then it does not have to abide by EMA procedures nor allow for the participation of foreign test laboratories to test for compliance with its NOMs. (references)

Travel

Ecuador

U.S. citizens should carry identification at all times, including proof of U.S. citizenship, and abide by any restrictions imposed during a state of emergency or risk arrest. (references)

Worker Rights

Gabon

The Labor Code prohibits direct government action against individual strikers who abide by the arbitration and notification provisions. (references)

China

Many monks and nuns who attempt to protest peacefully or refuse to abide by rules imposed by government authorities in Buddhist monasteries are subject to detention. (references)

Honduras

In August and September 2000, the Government reaffirmed its commitment to abide by the terms of the 1995 MOU and to take additional steps to strengthen enforcement of the Labor Code. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Abide

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

They're a democracy trying to abide by Western norms in a region that does not play by those rules.

Rush Limbaugh

It's because Rush persuades people to a conservative, liberty-loving point of view that control-freak Democrats simply cannot abide.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Abide

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865The great body of the people abide by the dry legal obligation in both cases, and a few break over in each.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953We shall be host in spirit as well as in fact, for nowhere does there abide a fiercer determination that this peace shall live than in the hearts of the American people.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Abide

"Abide" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 94.06% of the time. "Abide" is used about 286 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)94.06%26917,948
Lexical Verb (base form)5.24%1590,616
Noun (singular)0.7%2245,945
                    Total100.00%286N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Abide

The following table summarizes the usage of "abide" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
AbideLast name10088,780
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Abide

Expressions using "abide": abide by abide by a promise abide by consequences abide by one's word abide by the law abide by the rules i can't abide him To abide by. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Abide

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

abide with me

59

abide in christ

8

abide lyrics

6

abide midi

4

abide history

2

abide eventide tis

2

abide in me

2

abide hymn victorian world

2
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Modern Translations: Abide

Language Translations for "abide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

wag vir (await, expect, wait, wait for), wag (await, expect, wait, wait for), verwag (await, expect, wait, wait for), uithou (bear, carry out, endure, put, put up with, suffer), staan (bear, carry out, endure, put, put up with, stand, suffer). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

rri (bide, hang out, keep, perch, remain, reside, set, settle, stay, stop), pajtohem (accord, be reconciled, chime, coincide, comply, comport oneself, concur, conform, cotton, do with, eat humble pie, fall in with, lump it, make friends, make it up, make one's peace with, make up, moderate, put up with, subscribe), mbetem (be left, become, fail, hang over, keep, linger, remain, stay), banoj (dwell, indwell, inhabit, live, Lodge, reside). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏إلتزم (adhere, involve, take on), ‏بقي (be, bide, continue, endure, exist, remain, reside, rest, sit, stay, stick around, stop, subsist, sustain, tarry). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

стоя (keep, remain, sit, sit up, stand, stay, stick, tarry), чакам (attend, await, cool one's heels, hang on, Tarry, wait, wait about), търпя (accept, admit, bear, digest, endure, play along, put up with, stick, suffer, support, tolerate), оставам (continue, endure, let, persist, remain, remain behind, stay, stay behind, stick, void), очаквам (anticipate, apprehend, await, contemplate, envisage, expect, hope, wait, watch, ween), пребивавам (reside), изчаквам (await, bide, mark time). (various references)

   

Catalan

  

esperar (await, expect, foresee, wait, wait for). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

遵守 (Abiding, Adhere, Adhered, Adhering, Observance), 守候 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

snést (Brook, endure, stand, stomach, suffer, take), dodržet (redeem, stand, stand by), řídit se èím (act up to, comply, go by smth.). (various references)

   

Danish

  

tåle (endure, put up with, tolerate), gennemgå (bear, endure, experience, live through, put up with, suffer, survive), forvente (advert, await, expect, pay attention, pay attention to, wait, wait for, watch out for), forblive (remain, stay, stay over), bo (be a guest of, be on a visit, Bolivia, dwell, live, Republic of Bolivia, stay, stay with, stop), blive (become, come about, get, grow, happen, remain, stay, stay over). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wachten (await, expect, holding, wait, wait for), te wachten staan (await, expect, wait, wait for), afhalen (await, collection, deduct, expect, meet, pick up, string, take along, take away, take up, wait, wait for). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

atendi (await, expect, wait, wait for), suferi (bear, endure, put up with, suffer), restadi, persisti (persevere, persist), elteni (endure), elporti (bear, carry out, endure, put up with, suffer), ĝisatendi (await, bide, stay for, wait, wait for). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

verða verandi (remain, stay, stay over), vera eftir (remain, stay, stay over), vænta (await, expect, wait, wait for), torga (endure, put up with, tolerate), tola (endure, put up with, tolerate), steðga (cease, come to a halt, halt, remain, stagnate, stay, stay over, stop), orka (endure, energy), loyva (accord, admit, afford, allow, concede, endure, grant, permit, put up with, tolerate), líða (bear, endure, pass, pass by, put up with, suffer), halda fram (persevere, persist), halda út (endure), gista (dwell, live), búgva (dwell, live), bíða (await, expect, wait, wait for). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پایدارماندن , منتظرشدن (Attend, Await, Hover, Wait), منزل کردن (Camp, Lodge), ماندن (Be, Lie, Remain, Settle, Stall, Stand, Stay, Subsist), وفاکردن (Adhere), تاب اوردن (Bear, Withstand), ساکن شدن (People, Populate, Stanch, Steady), ایستادن (Cease, Stand, Stop), ایستادگی کردن (Resist). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

asua (dwell, inhabit, live, occupy, reside, stay), pysyä (keep, persevere, persist, remain, stay), odottaa (await, expect, foresee, hope, look forward, wait, wait expect, wait for), kärsiä (bear, endure, go through, put up with, stand, suffer, tolerate), jäädä (remain, stay, stay over, stop). (various references)

   

French

  

supporter, soutenir, endurer, attendre (hang about). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

wachtsje (await, expect, wait, wait for), lijen (bear, endure, put up with, suffer), ferwachtsje (await, expect, wait, wait for), biidzje (await, expect, wait, wait for), ôfwachtsje (await, bide, stay for, wait, wait for). (various references)

   

German

  

weilen (be, dwell, sojourn, stay, Tarry, whiles), warten (attend, await, camp-on, camp-on busy, expect, hang about, hold off, hold on, holding, look after, lookouts, maintain, nurse, ring when free, service, tend, tend to, to groom, to service, wait, wait about, wait around, wait for, waiting), verweilen (abode, linger, pause, rest, sojourn, stay, Tarry, to pause), erwarten (abode, anticipate, await, bargain for, expect, look for, to anticipate, to await, to bide, to estimate, to expect, visualize, wait, wait for), ertragen (abode, bear, born, borne, endurance, endure, put up with, stand, suffer, to endure, tolerate), bleiben (abode, be left, bide, dwell, keep, linger, remain, stay, stay over, Tarry, to remain, to rest, to stay), ausstehen (be due, be owing, be still to come, bear, born, borne, do with, endure, go through, put up with, stand, stomach, suffer), aushalten (bear, born, borne, carry out, endure, hold on, hold out, perseverance, persevere, persist, put up with, sit trough, stand, suffer, survive, sustain, take, to endure, to hold out, to resist, to sustain, to withstand, withstand). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εμμένω (abide by, adhere, adhere to, hang on, persevere, stick, stick to). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשכון (dwell, inhabit, reside), לש"ות (linger, pause, sojourn, stay), ל"תמי" (persist, pursue, slog), ל"שאר (be left over, bide, remain, rest, stay), ל'לות סבל ות (endure, put up with, stand, tolerate). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

várakozik (await, bide, expect, to await, to wait, wait, wait for), vár (await, castle, expect, fastness, fortress, hang fire, hold, stronghold, time and tide wait for no man, to await, to hang fire, to tend, to wait, to wait for, wait, wait for), tartózkodik (beware, dwell, sat, stay, to abide, to eschew, to hold back, to inhabit, to live, to make a stay, to sit, to sojourn), elvisel (bear, bore, borne, endure, stood, suffer, sustain, to abide, to bear, to comport, to endure, to stand, to stomach, to support, to take it, to tolerate, tolerate, undergo), bevár. (various references)

   

Icelandic

  

vænta (await, expect, wait, wait for), búa (dwell, live), þola (bear, endure, put up with, suffer, tolerate). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

ada (am, are, exist, existing, is, there is), tinggal (stay), menantikan (wait for, watch for), diam (bunk, idle, motionless, silent). (various references)

   

Irish

  

fan le (await, expect, wait for), fair (await, expect, wait for, watch; expect). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sopportare (acquiesce, bear, bear with, bide, endure, meet, meet with, persevere, put, put up with, stand, stand for, stay, stomach, suffer, support, survival, sustain, to resist, to survive, to withstand, tolerate, undergo, weather), rimanere (be, be left, bleiben, keep, lie, remain, rest, stay, stay here, stay on, stay over, Tarry), restare (be left, keep, lie, remain, rest, stand, stay, stay over, stick around), aspettare (advert, await, be looking forward, bide, expect, pay, pay attention, pay attention to, wait, wait for, watch out for), abitare (dwell, inhabit, live, live in, reside, room). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

規則'守る (to abide, to keep to the regulations), 留まる (to abide, to be fixed, to stay), 服する (to abide by, to be subject to, to obey, to submit to), 恥'忍ぶ (to abide one's shame), "う (to abide, to accompany, to follow, to obey), 住む (to abide, to dwell, to inhabit, to live in, to reside), 守る (to abide, to guard, to obey, to protect), 判決に"う (to abide by the verdict). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すむ (to abide, to be completed, to become transparent, to clear, to dwell, to end, to finish, to inhabit, to live, to live in, to reside, toinhabit), したがう (to abide, to accompany, to follow, to obey), きそく'まもる (to abide, to keep to the regulations), まもる (to abide, to guard, to obey, to protect), ふくする (to abide by, to be subject to, to obey, to submit to), は"けつにしたがう (to abide by the verdict), はじ'しのぶ (to abide one's shame), とまる (to abide, to be fixed, to come to a halt, to halt, to stay, to stay at, to stop), とどまる (to abide, to be fixed, to be limited to, to stay). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

머무르십시". (various references)

   

Malay

  

tunggu (await, expect, wait, wait for), menunggu (await, expect, wait, wait for), mengharapkan (await, expect, foresee, wait, wait for), harapkan (await, expect, foresee, wait, wait for), derita ... menderita (bear, endure, put up with, suffer). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tannaghtyn (abiding, bide, dwell, endure, hold up, lodge, remain, run on; continuance; remanent, stay, stop, survive, tarry). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

vente (await, expect, wait, wait for), tåle (endure, put up with, tolerate), forvente (await, expect, wait, wait for), bo (dwell, estate, live). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

warda (await, expect, wait, wait for), tolerá (endure, put up with, tolerate), sufri (bear, endure, put up with, suffer), spera (await, expect, hope, wait, wait for), soportá (endure, put up with, tolerate), persistí (persevere, persist), keda (remain, stay, stay over), biba (be alive, dwell, live). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abideay.(various references)

   

Polish

  

zostawać, przebywać, mieszkać, doczekać się, czekać, cierpieć. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

tolerar (admit, bear with, bide, Brook, carry out, endure, forbearance, have, indulge, put up with, receive, stand for, suffer, sustain, swallow, tolerate, wink at), padecer (bear, endure, feel, put up with, suffer), esperar (anticipate, await, bide, expect, hang on, hope, look here, wait, wait for), aguardar (await, bide, expect, look forward, wait, wait for, watch), agüentar (bear, bear up, bear with, carry out, endure, hold back, hold out, hold up, put up with, stand, stand up to, suffer, support, sustain, tolerate, upbear, withstand). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

suferi (ail, allow, bear, Brook, carry out, endure, experience, go through, have, languish, permit, put up with, smart, stand, stick, suffer, undergo), sta (be, keep, lie, live, remain, sit, stand, stay, stay over, stop, Tarry), locui (dwell, habit, keep, lie, live, reside, stay, tenant), aştepta (await, bide, book, expect, give time to, lie by for, wait, wait for, watch). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ждать (await, expect, wait, wait for). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

fuirich (remain, stay, stay over), feith (await, expect, serve, wait, wait for), fan (remain, stay, stay over), buanaich (endure, persevere). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

trpeti (brook, do with, endure, put up, put up with, stand, suffer, thole), prebivati (continue, reside), povinovati se (comply, conform, obey). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

esperar (anticipate, await, bargain for, bide, due, expect, foresee, hang about, hang around, hang on, hold off, hold on, hope, look, look for, look out for, stand about, stand around, stay, stay for, Tarry, think, trust, wait, wait about, wait around, wait for, watch), tolerar (countenance, endure, have, live, put up with, stand, tolerate), morar (dwell, live, sojourn), aguardar (await, bide, expect, look, lookouts, service, stay for, wait, wait for, watch). (various references)

   

Sranan

  

tan (remain, stay, stay over), pina (bear, endure, miserable, poor, put up with, suffer), libi (be alive, dwell, live), fika (remain, stay, stay over). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

vänta (await, be expecting, be waiting, expect, keep, Tarry, wait, wait for, waiting), stanna (coagulate, come to, come to a halt, come to rest, draw up, halt, remain, stand, stay, stay over, stay put, stop, Tarry, wait). (various references)

   

Tagalog

  

maghintáy (await, expect, wait, wait for), hintayín (await, expect, wait, wait for). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

beklemek (anticipate, await, bargain for, bide, expect, hang about, hang around, hang on, have smth. in prospect, hold on, hope, look for, look forward to, mark time, stand by, stay, Tarry, wait, wait for, watch). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

чекати (attend, await, bargain for, expect, look forward, wait), терпіти (bide, do with, forbear, sit down under, stomach, tolerate), очікувати (anticipate, bide, hope, wait, wait about, wait around, watch), зносити (blow away, demolish, knock down, sit down under, take down, tear down, throw down, unbuild, undergo, weather), залишатися незмінним, бути міцним. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

aros (await, bide, come to a halt, halt, remain, stay, stop, tarry, wait), trigo (die, dwell, stay), goddef (allow, bear, brook, permit, suffer). (various references)

   

Yucatec

  

pa'tik (await, expect, wait, wait for), pa'tal (await, expect, wait, wait for), p'atal (remain, stay, stay over). (various references)

   

Zulu

  

sala (remain, stay, stay over), -linda (await, expect, wait, wait for), -hlupheka (bear, endure, put up with, suffer), -hlala (remain, sit, stay, stay over). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Abide

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

commorabitur, commorabuntur, commorantem, commorantes, commorantium, commorantur, commorari, commorata, commoratae, commorati, commoratique, commoratus, commoremur, commorer, commoror, conversamini, conversantibus, conversantur, conversari, conversati, conversatur, conversatus, conversentur, habito, manere, mansurus, patior, patiri, possideo. (various references)

Old English450-1100

anbidian. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Abide

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 15, Verse 34
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintEdoxen de tw sila epimeinai autou
Latin405Vulgate[]
Middle English1395WyclifBut it was seyn to Silas, to dwelle there; and Judas wente aloone to Jerusalem.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleNot with stondynge it pleasyd Sylas to abyde there still.
Jacobean English1611King JamesNotwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
Victorian English1833WebsterNotwithstanding, it pleased Silas to abide there still.
Basic English1964Ogden[]

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Abide

LanguageActs Chapter 15, Verse 34
AlbanianPor Silës iu duk mirë të mbetej aty.
BulgarianА след няколко дни Павел рече на 'арнава: "а се върнем сега по всички градове дето сме проповядвали "осподнето учение, и да нагледаме братята, как са.
CebuanoApan gipakamaayo ni Silas ang pagpabilin ra didto.
Chinese" 惟 有 西 拉 定 意 仍 住 在 那 裡 〕
Croatian#
Danish(Men Silas besluttede at blive der.)
DutchMaar het dacht Silas goed aldaar te blijven.
Finnish
FrenchToutefois Silas trouva bon de rester.
GermanEs gefiel aber Silas, daß er dabliebe.
Haitian CreoleMen, Silas te pran desizyon pou l' te rete.
HungarianDe Silásnak tetszék ott maradni.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari(Tetapi Silas memutuskan untuk tetap tinggal di Antiokhia.)
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaTetapi Silas suka juga tinggal di sana.
Italian.
Korean( 없 음 )
LatvianTomçr Sîla nolçma palikt tur, bet Jûda aizgâja viens uz Jeruzalemi.
MaoriHeoi i pai a Hira kia noho ki reira.
Modern GreekΕις τον Σιλαν ομως εφανη ευλογον να μεινη ετι αυτου.
NorwegianSilas fant det best å bli der.
Portuguese[Mas pareceu bem a Silas ficar ali.]   
RumanianTotuw Sila a gqsit cu cale sq rqmknq acolo.
RussianоП уЙМЕ ТБУУХ"ЙМПУШ ПУФБФШУС ФБН. (б йХ"Б ЧПЪЧТБФЙМУС Ч йЕТХУБМЙН.)
ShuarTura Séras Juáktinian wakerukmiayi.
SpanishPero a Silas le pareció bien quedarse allí.
Swahilimissing
Swedish+
Thaiฝ่ายสิลาสเห็นชอบที่จะอยู่ต่อไปที่นั่น
UkrainianАле Сила схотів лишитися там, а Юда вернувся до Єрусалиму.
UmaAga Silas-hana, na'uli': "Ko'ia-a ulu nculii' hilou hi Yerusalem. Hi rehe'i-a ulu hi Antiokhia."))

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Derivations & Misspellings: Abide

Derivations

Words beginning with "abide": abided, abider, abiders, abides. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Abide" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abada, abade, abadeh, Abadi, Abado, abae, Abare, abbide, abcd, Abcda, abcde, abcdef, Abda, Abd'el, Abdiel, Abdo, Abede, Abeid, abi, Abid, abiden, abideth, abidi, abied, abiet, abile, Abileah, abinde, abine, abinee, Abiodun, abire, abitibi, abito, abodh, abride, abud, acide, adbide, Adide, aibd, aida, Aidee, aidel, aideo, aidev, aidey, aidu, akidi, albid, albida, albide, albido, alide, Aoife, Apidae, apide, aride, atide, avide, avied, axied, Babbidge, Bahide, Baude, Bavidge, Ebie, ibidi, kabaddi, obide, rabide, sabido. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Abide"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "abide" (pronounced ubī"d)
3-b ī" dbide.

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Anagrams: Abide

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-i"

-1 letter: abed, aide, bade, bead, bide, idea.

-2 letters: aid, bad, bed, bid, dab, deb, dib, die.

-3 letters: ab, ad, ae, ai, ba, be, bi, de, ed, id.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-i"
 

+1 letter: abided, abider, abides, babied, baddie, bailed, baited, biased.

 

+2 letters: abiders, abridge, addible, alibied, ameboid, audible, baddies, baldies, bandied, bandies, basined, bawdier, bawdies, beadier, beadily, beading, bedrail, biassed, bighead, bipedal, braided, braider, brailed, brained, braised, brigade, cabined, carbide, darbies, daubier, diabase, dieback, disable, habited, hidable, pedicab, piebald, redbait, ridable, seabird, sidebar, subidea, tabbied, tribade.

 

+3 letters: abdicate, abidance, aboideau, abridged, abridger, abridges, abscised, abseiled, amberoid, amoeboid, arabized, ascribed, audibles, backside, badinage, banished, bankside, baptised, baptized, basified, baudekin, bawdiest, bawdries, beadiest, beadings, beadlike, bearding, bedchair, bediaper, bedrails, bedsonia, beladied, beladies, bewailed, biasedly, bidarkee, biddable, bidental, bigarade, bigheads, bilander, billhead, bindable, biparted, birdcage, bivalved, blindage, braiders, brailled, brandied, brandies, breading, brigaded, brigades, buddleia, calibred, carbides, dahabieh, daubiest, daubries, debasing, debating, debonair, deniable, deniably, diabases, diabetes, diabetic, diablery, diatribe, diebacks, dimmable, dippable, disabled, disables, disabuse, drivable, dutiable, editable, endbrain, evadible, findable, gimbaled, guidable, habitude, imbalmed, imbarked, imblazed, labiated, librated, mandible, obtained, obviated, oxidable, pedicabs, piebalds, rabbited, radiable, rebaited, redbaits, rideable, seabirds, semibald, sideband, sidebars, slidable, subideas, tribades, unbiased, vibrated, voidable, wideband, windable.

 

+4 letters: abdicable, abdicated, abdicates, abidances, aboideaus, aboideaux, abolished, abridgers, abstained, adhibited, admirable, adobelike, adverbial, advisable, amberoids, anybodies, arborized, auditable, avoidable, babbitted, backfield, backfired, backsides, backslide, bacteroid, badgering, badinaged, badinages, balconied, banalized, bandolier, banksides, bargained, barricade, bastinade, bastioned, baudekins, bawdiness, beachside, beatified, beatitude, bedamning, bedaubing, bedchairs, bediapers, bedlamite, bedraping, bedsoniae, bedsonias, beheading, beladying, belauding, bendaying, bepainted, bewearied, bidarkees, bigarades, bigheaded, bilanders, billheads, bipedally, birdcages, birthdate, bladelike, blindages, bloviated, boardlike, bobtailed, botanised, botanized, bratticed, breadline, brigadier, broadside, bromeliad, buddleias, buildable, butadiene, cabdriver, carbamide, cedarbird, cohabited, dahabiehs, dauberies, debarking, debarring, debeaking, decidable, definable, definably, derivable, desirable, desirably, devisable, diabetics, diablerie, diabolize, diatribes, dilatable, disabused, disabuses, disbanded, disbarred, disembark, dividable, drillable, drinkable, driveable, dubitable, endbrains, firebrand, gabardine, gaberdine, gimballed, habitudes, hebraized, hobnailed, inaudible, incubated, inhabited, intubated, jubilated, liberated, lullabied, mandibles, medicable, misbiased, obligated, parboiled, rabidness, redbaited, rudbeckia, sibilated, sidebands, sideboard, snakebird, unbraided, unridable, upbraided, upbraider, urbanised, urbanized, waterbird, windbreak.

 

+5 letters: abominated, abridgment, abstricted, admissible, adverbials, airbrushed, ambitioned, antibodies, arabicized, arbitraged, arbitrated, ascendible, attributed, backfields, backfilled, backfitted, backlisted, backslider, backslides, bacterized, bacteroids, bakshished, balkanized, balladries, banderilla, banditries, bandoliers, banistered, barbarized, barricaded, barricades, bartending, bastardies, bastardise, bastardize, bastinades, beatitudes, beautified, bedabbling, bedazzling, bediapered, bedlamites, bedwarfing, begladding, beheadings, behindhand, bemadaming, besteading, bifurcated, bighearted, bioassayed, biodegrade, biomedical, bipedalism, bipedality, birthdates, bivouacked, blandished, blandisher, blandishes, bombardier, bombinated, boundaries, brachiated, brandished, brandishes, breadfruit, breadlines, breadstick, brecciated, bridesmaid, bridgeable, bridgehead, brigadiers, brigandage, brigandine, broadening, broadsided, broadsides, bromeliads, brominated, brutalised, brutalized, budgerigar, butadienes, cabdrivers, calibrated, carbamides, carbonized, carburised, carburized, cedarbirds, creditable, creditably, crispbread, debauching, debilitate, debonairly, deceivable, declinable, defeasible, deliberate, deshabille, desirables, despicable, despicably, diableries, diabolized, diabolizes, dialyzable, disbarment, disembarks, dishabille, dislikable, disposable, disputable, disyllable, drawbridge, drinkables, dumbwaiter, dyeability, eradicable, fabricated, fiberboard, fibreboard, fiddleback, fimbriated, firebrands, formidable, gabardines, gaberdines, globalised, globalized, habituated, harborside, herbicidal, hibernated, highballed, illaudable, imbalanced, imbricated, inbreathed, includable, indictable, inebriated, ineducable, labialized, linerboard, lubricated, mailbombed, marbleised, marbleized, misbehaved, misbiassed, misbranded, mislabeled, mislabored, modifiable, obduracies, oxidizable, panbroiled, predicable, rabidities, radiolabel, rebaptized, reboarding, redbaiting, remediable, reobtained, ribaldries, ringbarked, rubricated, rudbeckias, sideboards, snakebirds, stabilized, stablished, subaudible, subdialect, subheading, sublimated, submarined, submediant, timberhead, timberland, tribulated, turbinated, unabridged, unbaptized, undeniable, undeniably, unfindable, upbraiders, verbalized, vindicable, waterbirds, wattlebird, weaverbird, whitebeard, whiteboard, windbreaks.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Abide


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (