All 5 Uses
abide
in
Cold Sassy Tree
(Edited)
- After the Georgia legislature declared a prohibition against alcoholic beverages in 1907, Papa quit making or drinking beer — he believed in being law-abiding — and the churches started using fruit nectars instead of wine.
*law-abiding = law-obeying
- Her hands went straying around the keyboard, found "Abide With Me," and played a few lines, real quiet.
*abide = live
- "Faith of Our Fathers," "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God," "Rock of Ages," "Abide With Me."
- If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you….
- 'If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you….
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".