Definition of abide

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- Abide v
- Dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: {bide}, {stay}]
- 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"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" [syn: {digest}, {endure}, {stick out}, {stomach}, {bear}, {stand}, {tolerate}, {support}, {brook}, {suffer}, {put up}] [also: {abode}]