abide

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbaɪd/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈbaɪd/ Rhymes: -aɪd === Verb === abide (third-person singular simple present abides, present participle abiding, simple past abode or abided or abid, past participle abode or abided or abid or (rare) abidden) (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.] Synonyms: hold on, resist, persevere; see also Thesaurus:persevere (transitive) To bear patiently. [from late 15th c.] Synonyms: brook, put up with, tolerate; see also Thesaurus:tolerate "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of. [from late 16th c.] Synonyms: answer for, suffer, atone Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”). (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [mid-12th–mid-17th c.] Synonyms: hold on, stay; see also Thesaurus:wait (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay. [from ca. 1150—1350 to mid-17th c.] (intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from ca. 1150—1350] (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode. [from ca. 1350—1470] Synonyms: dwell, live, reside; see also Thesaurus:reside (intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last. [from ca. 1350—1470] (transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for. [from early 12th c.] Synonyms: await, wait for; see also Thesaurus:wait for (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under. [from ca. 1150—1350 to early 18th c.] (transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to. [from ca. 1350—1470] ==== Usage notes ==== (bear patiently): The negative form can't abide is used to indicate strong dislike. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== abidable / abideable abide by abider abiding-place law-abiding ==== Translations ==== === References === “abide, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Beida, Bieda == Estonian == === Noun === abide genitive plural of abi == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑːˈbiː.de/ IPA(key): /ɑːˈbi.de/ === Verb === ābīde inflection of ābīdan: first-person singular present indicative singular present subjunctive === Verb === ābide inflection of ābīdan: second-person singular preterite indicative singular preterite subjunctive == Turkish == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آبده (ābide), from Arabic آبِدة (ʔābida), from آبِد (ʔābid), active participle of أَبَدَ (ʔabada). The sense of monument first attested around 1908 with respect to the Monument of Liberty (Âbide-i Hürriyet) then under construction in Istanbul. ==== Alternative forms ==== âbide (superseded) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /aː.biˈde/, [ɑː.biˈde] Hyphenation: a‧bi‧de ==== Noun ==== abide (definite accusative abideyi, plural abideler) something of monumental importance monument Synonym: anıt ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== ==== Noun ==== abide locative singular of abi === References === === Further reading === “abide”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “abide²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 83