ABIDE used in HEART OF DARKNESS -- sense 2

Go to New Version of This Page
This old version has not been updated since 2016,
but we're leaving it in case you prefer it.
Show What's New
Please update your links from the new version.

abide

Used in

Heart of Darkness

Go to Book Vocabulary

We looked at the venerable stream not in the vivid flush of a short day that comes and departs for ever, but in the august light of abiding memories. (not reviewed by editor)

To see samples from other sources, click a sense of the word below:

as in: abide in the forest

as in: abide by her decision

as in: an abiding desire to

To see an overview of word senses, click here.

Go to Book Vocabulary

Learn more easily. Think more clearly. Express more effectively.