abide
Definition of abbreviation (noun) -
to comply; to obey; to conform; to stay; to toleratePart of speech:
VerbForms: abided; abided; abiding
Example sentences with this word:
Neither the verb to abide nor the noun abode are much used in modern English, though you will still find the latter featuring in various official and legal documents or forms - such as place of abode, or of no fixed abode to refer to someone who is homeless, or is moving from temporary address to temporary address.
There’s a nice little place across the road from my humble abode were I regularly acquire sustenance.
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