All 9 Uses of
abide
in
Wuthering Heights
- But Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living.†
p. 3.1abode = a place where one lives OR lived
- His abode at the Heights was an oppression past explaining.†
p. 78.2
- 'You've a nice house, Joseph,' I could not refrain from observing, 'and pleasant inmates; and I think the concentrated essence of all the madness in the world took up its abode in my brain the day I linked my fate with theirs!†
p. 104.5
- And I, in my secret heart (and conscience never reproached me), thought what a blessing it would be for HIM should Heathcliff put him out of misery; and what a blessing for ME should he send Heathcliff to his right abode!†
p. 128.7
- I believe her new abode was in the south, near London; there she had a son born a few months subsequent to her escape.†
p. 133.2 *
- He surveyed the carved front and low-browed lattices, the straggling gooseberry-bushes and crooked firs, with solemn intentness, and then shook his head: his private feelings entirely disapproved of the exterior of his new abode.†
p. 150.4
- This September I was invited to devastate the moors of a friend in the north, and on my journey to his abode, I unexpectedly came within fifteen miles of Gimmerton.†
p. 221.3
- And far rather would I be condemned to a perpetual dwelling in the infernal regions than, even for one night, abide beneath the roof of Wuthering Heights again.'†
p. 132.9 *
- I couldn't abide to be present at their meeting.†
p. 206.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(abide as in: abide by her decision) to tolerate or put up with something
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(2)
(abide as in: abide in the forest) to live in a place
or more rarely: to live with someone or something -
(3)
(abide as in: an abiding desire to) to remain or endure or lasting a long time
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In classic literature, abide also sometimes references "awaiting someone or something".