abitment.html - {v.} To accept and obey; be willing to follow. * /A basketball player may know he did not foul, but he must abide by the referee's decision./ * /The members agree to abide by the rules of the club./

abitment.html - v.
(past abided or rarely abode)
1 tr. (usu. in neg. or interrog.) tolerate, endure (can't abide him).
2 intr. (foll. by by) a act in accordance with (abide by the rules). b remain faithful to (a promise).
3 intr. archaic a remain, continue. b dwell.
4 tr. archaic sustain, endure.

abidance n. [OE abidan (as A-(2), bidan BIDE)]

abitment.html - adj.
enduring, permanent (an abiding sense of loss).

abidingly adv.

abitment.html - n.
(pl. -ies)
1 (often foll. by to + infin.) capacity or power (has the ability to write songs).
2 cleverness, talent; mental power (a person of great ability; has many abilities). [ME f. OF ablete f. L habilitas -tatis f. habilis able]

abitment.html - n.
1 the formation of living organisms from non-living substances.
2 the supposed spontaneous generation of living organisms.

abiogenic adj. [A-(1) + Gk bios life + GENESIS]

abitment.html - {v.} To accept and obey; be willing to follow. * /A basketball player may know he did not foul, but he must abide by the referee's decision./ * /The members agree to abide by the rules of the club./