All 3 Uses of
abide
in
The Merry Wives of Windsor
- I bruised my shin th' other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence; three veneys for a dish of stewed prunes—and, by my troth, I cannot abide the smell of hot meat since.†
Scene 1.1
- I have seen Sackerson loose twenty times, and have taken him by the chain; but I warrant you, the women have so cried and shrieked at it that it passed; but women, indeed, cannot abide 'em; they are very ill-favoured rough things.†
Scene 1.1
- I would my husband would meet him in this shape; he cannot abide the old woman of Brainford; he swears she's a witch, forbade her my house, and hath threatened to beat her.†
Scene 4.2 *
Definition:
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(abide as in: abide by her decision) to tolerate or put up with something