abide

abide, vb.

1. To tolerate or withstand (the widow found it difficult to abide the pain of losing her husband).

2. To obey (try to abide the doctor’s order to quit smoking).

3. To await (the death-row prisoners abide execution).

4. To perform or execute (an order or judgment) (the trial court abided the appellate court’s order).

5. To stay or dwell (the right to abide in any of the 50 states).


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