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What does abide mean?

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Verb
  1. Accept, comply or act in accordance.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [from mid-12th to mid-17th century]
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay. [from c. 1150-1350 to mid-17th century]
  4. (intransitive) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from c. 1150-1350]
  5. (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode; to dwell; to reside; to sojourn. [from c. 1350-1470]
  6. (intransitive) To endure; to remain; to last. [from c. 1350-1470]
  7. (transitive) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for. [from early 12th century]
  8. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere. [from mid-12th century]
  9. (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under. [from c. 1150-1350 to early 18th century.]
  10. (transitive) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to. [from c. 1350-1470.]
  11. (transitive) To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand. [from late 15th century]
  12. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for. [from late 16th century]
  13. A component in at least one phrasal verb: abide by.
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