abide
/əˈbaɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.59 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
Example Sentences
- "The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly."
- ""I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one."
- "VVe will be Kings and Lords within our ſelues, And not abide the pride of tyrranie."
- "Neuer neuer: ſhe would alwayes ſay ſhee could not abide M[aster] Shallow."
- "We are vegetarian leaning, dislike smoking and alcohol, cannot abide drugs."
- "By God sir. I will not abide another toe."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-? Proto-Germanic *uz- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydʰeti Proto-Germanic *bīdaną Proto-Germanic *uzbīdaną Proto-West Germanic *uʀbīdan Old English ābīdan Middle English abyden English abide From Middle English abyden, from Old English ābīdan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀbīdan, from Proto-Germanic *uzbīdaną (“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent to a- + bide. Cognate with Scots abide (“to abide, remain”), Middle High German erbīten (“to await, expect”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌱𐌴𐌹𐌳𐌰𐌽 (usbeidan, “to expect, await, have patience”). The sense of pay for is due to influence from aby.
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈbaɪd/
- British English: /əˈbaɪd/