abide — ONAD · Shobdo

abide /əˈbīd, əˈbaɪd

▸ verb

1 [no object] (abide by) accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation):

I said I would abide by their decision.

2 [with object] (can/could not abide) informal be unable to tolerate (someone or something):

if there is one thing I cannot abide it is a lack of discipline.

3 [no object] (of a feeling or memory) continue without fading or being lost:

at least one memory will abide.

▪ archaic live; dwell:

many unskillful Men do abide in our City of London.

– DERIVATIVES
abidance noun

– ORIGIN Old English ābīdan ‘wait’, from ā- ‘onwards’ + bīdan (see bide).