v.
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(abide by)
accept or act in accordance with (a rule or decision).
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(cannot/could not abide)
informal be unable to tolerate.
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[often as adj. abiding]
(of a feeling or memory) endure.
- archaic live; dwell.
Derivative
- abidance n. (archaic).
- abidingly adv.
Etymology
OE ābīdan ‘wait’, from ā- ‘onwards’ + bīdan (see bide).