abide
/əˈbaɪd/
verb
- To accept or follow a rule, decision, or law.
- She promised to abide by the terms of the contract.
- If you want to stay in this club, you will abide by the rules.
- All players must abide by the referee's decision.
- To tolerate or put up with something (usually used in negative sentences).
- She cannot abide waiting in long lines.
- He can't abide the smell of cigarette smoke.
- I cannot abide people who are rude to waiters.
- To remain or stay in a place or condition (formal or literary).
- Let us abide in peace and harmony.
- The memory of that day will abide with me forever.
- They abided in the village for the summer.
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