abietin (abietin)

[L. abies ( abiet- ), the 3. To continue in a certain condition; remain fir, + -in2.] A tastele , inodorous resin, des tead fast or faithful. But she is happier if she so abide [in widowhood]. 41. To wait; stop; delay. He hasteth wel that wysly kan abyde . Chaucer , Troilus, i. 949. 5. To inhere; belong as an attribute or quality; have its seat. rived from the turpentine obtained from some species of the genus Abies. 1 Cor. vii. 40. Abietinee (abi-ē-tin'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL., Though far more cause, yet much le spirit to curse Abides in me. Shak., Rich. III., iv. 4. To abide by. (a) To remain at rest beside: as, " abide by thy crib," Job xxxix. 9. (b) To adhere to; maintain; defend; stand to: as, to abide by a friend. Specifically, in Scots law, to adhere to as true and genuine: said of the party who relies upon a deed or writing which the other party desires to have reduced or declared null and void, on the ground of forgery or falsehood. (c) To await or accept the consequences of; rest satisfied with: as, to abide by the event or i ue. = Syn. 1 and 2. Abide, Sojourn, Continue, Dwell, Reside, Live, remain, stay, stop, lodge, settle, settle down, tarry, linger. Live is the most general word: to pa one's life, without indicating place, time, or manner. Abide, sojourn, to stay for a time-length of stay being a ociated in the mind with the former, and briefne or shortne of stay with the latter. Continue, to stay on, without interval of absence.