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Word entry · 5 letters

abide

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"Accept or tolerate"

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5 lettersPronunciation /əˈbaɪd/Part of speech verbSorted abdeiStarts with AEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. put up with something or somebody unpleasant

Word origin

From Middle English abyden, from Old English ābīdan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀbīdan, from Proto-Germanic *uzbīdaną (“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent to a- + bide.

Used in a sentence

  • The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.
  • "I never could abide shoemakers," said an old servant,—and it ended in her marrying one.
  • VVe will be Kings and Lords within our ſelues, And not abide the pride of tyrranie.

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