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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abide \A*bide"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Abode}, formerly {Abid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abiding}.] [AS. [=a]b[=i]dan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[=i]dan to bide. See {Bide}.]
1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
Let the damsel abide with us a few days. --Gen. xxiv. 55.
3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
Let every man abide in the same calling. --1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by:
{To abide by}. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain.
The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. --Fielding. (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abiding \A*bid"ing\, adjective Continuing; lasting.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abiding
adjective: unceasing; "an abiding belief"; "imperishable truths" [syn: {enduring}, {imperishable}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "abiding": age-long, aged, ancient, antique, changeless, chronic, commorant, constant, continuing, continuous, diuturnal, durable, dwelling, enduring, evergreen, firm, fixed, frozen, hardy, immobile, immutable, in residence, indefatigable, intact, intransient, inveterate, inviolate, lasting, living, living in, lodging, long-lasting, long-lived, long-standing, long-term, longeval, longevous, macrobiotic, never-failing, of long duration, of long standing, perdurable, perduring, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, persisting, quiescent, remaining, resident, residentiary, residing, rigid, sempervirent, solid, stable, static, stationary, staying, steadfast, steady, sticking, sustained, torpid, tough, unaltered, unceasing, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, undestroyed, undying, unfading, unfailing, unfaltering, unqualified, unquestioning, unremitting, unshifting, unvaried, unvarying, vital, wholehearted
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