All 3 Uses
abide
in
Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline
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- We become an odd little family, the boy—real name Hans, I learn, called Dutchy on the street—and Carmine and I in our three-seat abode.†
p. 39.1 *abode = a place where one lives OR lived
- Many of the stories, she finds, follow a similar trajectory: This bad thing happened, and this—and I found myself on a train—and this bad thing happened, and this—but I grew up to become a respectable, law-abiding citizen; I fell in love, I had children and grandchildren; in short, I've had a happy life, a life that could only have been possible because I was orphaned or abandoned and sent to Kansas or Minnesota or Oklahoma on a train.†
p. 265.2 *law-abiding = law-obeying
- Do you agree to abide by that?†
p. 116.7
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".