All 6 Uses of
abide
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- Beaufort had taken effectual measures to conceal himself, and it was ten months before my father discovered his abode.
p. 33.9 *abode = home
- One day, when my father had gone by himself to Milan, my mother, accompanied by me, visited this abode.
p. 36.2
- She continued with her foster parents and bloomed in their rude abode, fairer than a garden rose among dark-leaved brambles.
p. 36.9
- Such were my reflections during the first two or three days of my residence at Ingolstadt, which were chiefly spent in becoming acquainted with the localities and the principal residents in my new abode.
p. 48.5abode = home (a place to live)
- But you will, I hope, soon quit this melancholy abode, for doubtless evidence can easily be brought to free you from the criminal charge.
p. 183.9
- My father calmed me with assurances of their welfare and endeavoured, by dwelling on these subjects so interesting to my heart, to raise my desponding spirits; but he soon felt that a prison cannot be the abode of cheerfulness.
p. 185.5abode = home
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) In classic literature, abide also sometimes references "awaiting someone or something".