abide
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To endure without yielding; to withstand.
- To bear patiently.
- To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
- Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
- To wait in expectation.
- To pause; to delay.
- To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
- To have one's abode.
- To endure; to remain; to last.
- To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
- To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
- To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
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