abided

Meaning

simple past and past participle of abide

abide

  1. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.
  2. (transitive) To bear patiently.
  3. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
  4. Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
  5. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.
  6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.
  7. (Scotland, archaic, intransitive) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
  8. (archaic, intransitive) To have one's abode.
  9. (archaic, intransitive) To endure; to remain; to last.
  10. (archaic, transitive) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
  11. (obsolete, transitive) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
  12. (archaic, transitive) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈbaɪd.əd/

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