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abide

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

a·bide / əˈbīd/ • v. 1. [intr.] (abide by) accept or act in accordance with (a rule, decision, or recommendation): I said I would abide by their decision. 2. [tr.] inf. tolerate (someone or something): if there is one thing I cannot abide it is a lack of discipline. 3. [intr.] (of a feeling or a memory) continue without fading or being lost. ∎ archaic live; dwell.

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abide

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

abide OE. ābīdan = Goth. usbeidan, f. A-3 + BIDE.

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abide

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

abide •abide, applied, aside, astride, backslide, beside, bestride, betide, bide, bride, chide, Clyde, cockeyed, coincide, collide, confide, cried, decide, divide, dried, elide, five-a-side, glide, guide, hide, hollow-eyed, I'd, implied, lied, misguide, nationwide, nide, offside, onside, outride, outside, pan-fried, pied, pie-eyed, popeyed, pride, provide, ride, Said, shied, side, slide, sloe-eyed, snide, square-eyed, starry-eyed, statewide, Strathclyde, stride, subdivide, subside, tide, tried, undyed, wall-eyed, wide, worldwide •carbide • unmodified •overqualified, unqualified •dignified, signified •unverified • countrified •unpurified • unclassified •unspecified • sissified • unsanctified •self-satisfied, unsatisfied •unidentified • unquantified •unfortified • unjustified • uncertified •formaldehyde • oxhide • rawhide •cowhide • allied • landslide • bolide •paraglide • polyamide • bromide •thalidomide • selenide • cyanide •unoccupied

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