| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| abide (v.) |
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| The past tense and past participle both take either of two forms: abode or abided. As past participle, abidden is now obsolete, and abode is usually limited to the sense of “resided in or at” and has an old-fashioned or literary ring. For all other uses the verb now follows the weak pattern, with abided. Currently the present tense appears most often, especially in the negative, as in I can’t abide his conceit (which may have a regional ring), and in the combined form, abide by, meaning “follow, adhere to, obey”: She will abide by her mother’s decision. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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