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Abide vs. Abound

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Abideverb

(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere.

‘The old oak tree abides the wind endlessly.’;

Aboundverb

(intransitive) To be full to overflowing.

Abideverb

(transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand.

Aboundverb

To be wealthy.

Abideverb

(transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.

Aboundverb

(intransitive) To be highly productive.

Abideverb

To wait in expectation.

Aboundverb

(intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers; to be plentiful.

‘Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.’;

Abideverb

To pause; to delay.

Aboundverb

(intransitive) To revel in.

Abideverb

To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.

Aboundverb

(intransitive) To be copiously supplied

‘The wilderness abounds in traps.’;

Abideverb

To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn.

Aboundverb

To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful.

‘The wild boar which abounds in some parts of the continent of Europe.’; ‘Where sin abounded grace did much more abound.’;

Abideverb

To endure; to remain; to last.

Aboundverb

To be copiously supplied; - followed by in or with.

‘Men abounding in natural courage.’; ‘A faithful man shall abound with blessings.’; ‘It abounds with cabinets of curiosities.’;

Abideverb

To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.

Aboundverb

be abundant or plentiful; exist in large quantities

Abideverb

To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.

Aboundverb

be in a state of movement or action;

‘The room abounded with screaming children’; ‘The garden bristled with toddlers’;

Abideverb

To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.

Abideverb

To wait; to pause; to delay.

Abideverb

To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; - with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.

‘Let the damsel abide with us a few days.’;

Abideverb

To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.

‘Let every man abide in the same calling.’; ‘The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first.’;

Abideverb

To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.

‘Bonds and afflictions abide me.’;

Abideverb

To endure; to sustain; to submit to.

‘[Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it.’;

Abideverb

To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.

‘She could not abide Master Shallow.’;

Abideverb

To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.

‘Dearly I abide that boast so vain.’;

Abideverb

dwell;

‘You can stay with me while you are in town’; ‘stay a bit longer--the day is still young’;

Abideverb

put up with something or somebody unpleasant;

‘I cannot bear his constant criticism’; ‘The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks’; ‘he learned to tolerate the heat’; ‘She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage’;

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