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abide

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Verb

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

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