Thursday, July 24, 2008

Abide

  • bide: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
  • digest: 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"
  • To wait; to pause; to delay; 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; To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain; To wait for; to be prepared for.

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