All 3 Uses
abide
in
And Then There Were None
(Edited)
- Busy Bee had hinted delicately that it was to be an abode for Royalty?
p. 2.2 *abode = home
- He said: "What a duty-loving, law-abiding lot we all seem to be!"
p. 71.1 *law-abiding = law-obeying
- Murder and I've always been such a law-abiding man!
p. 130.2
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".