Part 22

<hw>Ab*hor"ring</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Detestation.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Object of abhorrence.</def>

<i>Isa. lxvi. 24.</i>

<h1>Abib</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>A"bib</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb. <ets>ab\'c6b</ets>, lit. an ear of corn. The month was so called from barley being at that time in ear.]</ety> <def>The first month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, corresponding nearly to our April. After the Babylonish captivity this month was called <i>Nisan</i>.</def>

<i>Kitto.</i>

<h1>Abidance</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>A*bid"ance</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (<i>with</i>).</def>

<blockquote>The Christians had no longer <b>abidance</b> in the holy hill of Palestine. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A judicious <b>abidance</b> by rules. <i>Helps.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Abide</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>A*bide"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Abode</er> <tt>(#)</tt>, formerly <er>Abid</er><tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Abiding</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[AS. <ets>\'beb\'c6dan</ets>; pref. <ets>\'be-</ets> (cf. Goth. <ets>us-</ets>, G. <ets>er-</ets>, orig. meaning <ets>out</ets>) + <ets>b\'c6dan</ets> to bide. See <er>Bide</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To wait; to pause; to delay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to dwell; to sojourn; -- with <i>with</i> before a person, and commonly with <i>at</i> or <i>in</i> before a place.</def>

<blockquote>Let the damsel abide with us a few days. <i>Gen. xxiv. 55.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.</def>

<blockquote>Let every man <b>abide</b> in the same calling. <i>1 Cor. vii. 20.</i></blockquote>

<cs>Followed by <it>by</it>: <col>To abide by</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To stand to; to adhere; to maintain.</cd>

<blockquote>The poor fellow was obstinate enough <b>to abide by</b> what he said at first. <i>Fielding.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To acquiesce; to conform to; as, <i>to abide by</i> a decision or an award.</cd></cs>

<h1>Abide</h1> <Xpage=4>

<hw>A*bide"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; <as>as, I <ex>abide</ex> my time</as>.</def> "I will <i>abide</i> the coming of my lord."

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<note>[[Obs.], with a <i>personal</i> object.</note>

<blockquote>Bonds and afflictions <b>abide</b> me. <i>Acts xx. 23.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To endure; to sustain; to submit to.</def>

<blockquote> shalt <b>abide</b> her judgment on it. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>