abide

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But Simon sat still and let his sword abide, and said, sourly enough:

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  1. transitive verb To put up with; tolerate: can't abide such incompetence. See Synonyms at bear1.
  2. transitive verb To wait patiently for: "I will abide the coming of my lord” (Tennyson).
  3. transitive verb To withstand: a thermoplastic that will abide rough use and great heat.

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  1. Middle English abiden, from Old English ābīdan : ā-, intensive pref. + bīdan, to remain; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English abiden (preterit singular abod, plural abiden, past participle abiden), from Anglo-Saxon ābīdan (preterit singular ābād, plural ābidon, past participle ābiden) (= Gothic (Moesogothic) usbeidan, expect), from ā- + bīdan, bide: see bide. The Middle English and Anglo-Saxon forms are transitive and intransitive
  2. This word in the sense of ‘suffer for’ does not occur much earlier than Shakspere's time. It is a corruption of Middle English abyen, pay for, due to confusion with abide, wait for (as if that sense were equivalent to ‘endure’): see further under aby, and cf. abide, v. t., 4.
 

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