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verb

• To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.

  Example: The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.

• To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.

• To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.

• 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 dwell; to reside; to sojourn.

• 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.