Both Uses
abide
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The Devil and Daniel Webster
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- "And now," said the stranger, smiling and showing his teeth, "I shall call upon you, as a law-abiding citizen, to assist me in taking possession of my property."†
*law-abiding = law-obeying
- Let it be the quick or the dead; I'll abide the issue!†
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".