All 5 Uses
abide
in
Cry, the Beloved Country
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- Which do we prefer, a law-abiding, industrious and purposeful native people, or a lawless, idle and purposeless people?†
Chpt 1.12 *law-abiding = law-obeying
- Now society has always, for reasons of self-interest if for no other, educated its children so that they grow up law-abiding, with socialized aims and purposes.†
Chpt 2.20
- They were upright and kind and law-abiding; they taught me my prayers and took me regularly to church; they had no trouble with servants and my father was never short of labour.†
Chpt 2.24
- All law-abiding black men feared them.†
Chpt 2.27
- And the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you and abide with you, and with all those that are dear to you, now and forever more.†
Chpt 3.30
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 -
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(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".