abide
verb (abide, abides, abided or abode, abiding)
Everyday
- In «can't abide» / «cannot abide»: to dislike someone or something so much that you cannot put up with them. tree →
- In «abide by»: to obey or follow a rule, law or decision. tree →
- (old-fashioned, Bible) To live or stay somewhere; to remain: «Abide with me». tree →
In the lessons
In school: «Pupils must abide by the rules.» In everyday speech: «I can't abide cold tea.» In church and the Bible: the hymn «Abide with Me» (sung at football cup finals in England) and «Now abide faith, hope, love» (1 Corinthians 13). Old stories use «abide» for «stay». Phrases: «abide by», «can't abide», «law-abiding».
Examples
- Everyone must abide by the rules of the game. tree →
- I can't abide people who are rude to waiters. tree →
- «Abide with me» is a famous hymn. tree →
- The players agreed to abide by the referee's decision. tree →
- The Badger could not abide parties. tree →
- A law-abiding citizen obeys the law. tree →
Note
Past: «abided» (modern) or «abode» (old). Mostly used in fixed phrases; in everyday speech say «stand» (I can't stand…) or «follow» (follow the rules). Adjective: abiding (lasting).
In Jewish tradition
In Malachi, "who may abide the day of his coming?" asks who can survive God's day of judgment. In Job a wild ox is asked if it will stay by a farmer's crib.
Interpretation. The tradition reads Malachi's question as a call to repent, since only the faithful will stand firm when God comes to judge.
Examples
- And Laban said: 'It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.' (Torah GEN.29.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- And her brother and her mother said: 'Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.' (Torah GEN.24.55, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him; the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. (Torah LEV.19.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Or will he abide by thy crib? (Writings JOB.39.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Now she had liers-in-wait abiding in the inner chamber. (Prophets JDG.16.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- But who may abide the day of his coming? (Prophets MAL.3.2, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Past: «abided» (modern) or «abode» (old). Mostly used in fixed phrases; in everyday speech say «stand» (I can't stand…) or «follow» (follow the rules). Adjective: abiding (lasting).
Early Modern English
Meaning
To remain or stay somewhere for a time. tree →
Then and now
Today "abide" mostly means to put up with something, as in "can't abide". Here it means to stay or remain, and the sentences use that old sense.
Examples
- And Laban said: 'It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man; abide with me.' (Torah GEN.29.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- “Do you abide by it?” Goll demanded. (Irish Fairy Tales) tree →
- And her brother and her mother said: 'Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.' (Torah GEN.24.55, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Today: stay; live with.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «abide» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «abide» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «abide» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «abide» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «abide» in the Early Modern English dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «abide» in the Early Modern English dictionary on Mova free.
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