All 3 Uses of
abide
in
Candide
- The Bulgarians and the Abares are slaying all; to Portugal? there I shall be burnt; and if we abide here we are every moment in danger of being spitted.†
Chpt 17
- If we abide here we shall only be upon a footing with the rest, whereas, if we return to our old world, only with twelve sheep laden with the pebbles of El Dorado, we shall be richer than all the kings in Europe.†
Chpt 18
- I am sensible that my kingdom is but a small place, but when a person is comfortably settled in any part he should abide there.†
Chpt 18 *
Definition:
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(abide as in: abide by her decision) to tolerate or put up with something