different between abhor vs abide

English

Etymology

First attested in 1449, from Middle English abhorren, borrowed from Middle French abhorrer, from Latin abhorre? (“shrink away from in horror”), from ab- (“from”) +? horre? (“stand aghast, bristle with fear”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?h??(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?h??/, /?b?h??/
• Rhymes: -???

Verb

abhor (third-person singular simple present abhors, present participle abhorring, simple past and past participle abhorred)

1. (transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]

   Synonyms: detest, disdain, loathe

   • 1611, Romans 12:9, King James Bible:

     Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

2. (transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To fill with horror or disgust. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the early 17^th century.]
   • c. 1604 William Shakespeare, Othello, act 4, scene 1:

     It does abhor me now I speak the word.

3. (transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
4. (transitive, canon law, obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
   • c. 1613 William Shakespeare, Henry VIII, act 2, scene 4:

     I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge.

5. (intransitive, obsolete) To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the mid 17^th century.]
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke named the Governour

     the daunce were to their honour and memorie, whiche moste of all abhored from Christes religion

   • c. 1644, John Milton, "The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce", Book II, Chap. 7.

     Either then the law by harmless and needful dispenses, which the gospel is now made to deny, must have anticipated and exceeded the grace of the gospel, or else must be found to have given politic and superficial graces without real pardon, saying in general, “do this and live,” and yet deceiving and damning underhand with unsound and hollow permissions; which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law, as hath been shewed.

6. (intransitive, obsolete) Differ entirely from. [Attested from the mid 16^th century until the late 17^th century.]

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to regard as horrifying or detestable): See Thesaurus:hate

Related terms

Translations

References

• abhor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• abhor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Bohra, Borah, broha

English

Etymology

From Middle English abiden, from Old English ?b?dan (“to abide, wait, remain, delay, remain behind; survive; wait for, await; expect”), from Proto-Germanic *uzb?dan? (“to expect, tolerate”), equivalent to a- +? bide. Cognate with Scots abyde (“to abide, remain”), Middle High German erb?ten (“to await, expect”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (usbeidan, “to expect, await, have patience”). The sense of pay for is due to influence from aby.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ba?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??ba?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Verb

abide (third-person singular simple present abides, present participle abiding, simple past abode or abided, past participle abode or abided or (rare) abidden)

1. (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th century]

   Synonyms: hold on, resist, persevere; see also Thesaurus:persevere

2. (transitive) To bear patiently. [from late 15th century]

   Synonyms: brook, put up with, tolerate; see also Thesaurus:tolerate
3. (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of. [from late 16th century]

   Synonyms: answer for, suffer, atone
4. Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).

5. (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [from mid-12th to mid-17th century]

   Synonyms: hold on, stay; see also Thesaurus:wait
6. (intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay. [from c. 1150-1350 to mid-17th century]
7. (intransitive, archaic) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from c. 1150-1350]
8. (intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode. [from c. 1350-1470]

   Synonyms: dwell, live, reside; see also Thesaurus:reside
9. (intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last. [from c. 1350-1470]
10. (transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for. [from early 12th century]

    Synonyms: await, wait for; see also Thesaurus:wait for
11. (transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under. [from c. 1150-1350 to early 18th century.]
12. (transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to. [from c. 1350-1470.]

Usage notes

• (bear patiently): The negative form can't abide is used to indicate strong dislike.

Related terms

• abidable / abideable
• abide by
• abider
• abidest (archaic second-person singular present form; with “thou”)
• law-abiding

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Beida, Bieda

Estonian

Noun

abide

1. genitive plural of abi

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Arabic ?????? (??bida). The sense of monument first attested around 1908 with respect to the Monument of Liberty (Âbide-i Hürriyet) then under construction in Istanbul.

Alternative forms

• âbide

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.bi?de/

Noun

abide

1. something of monumental importance
2. monument

Declension

References

• abide in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Etymology 2

Noun

abide

1. locative singular of abi