- abiding
- adjective
Date: 14th century
enduring, continuing <an abiding interest in nature> • abidingly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
abiding
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abiding — I adjective changeless, constant, continuing, durable, enduring, eternal, everlasting, fixed, immutable, inherent, lasting, long lasting, long lived, long standing, of long duration or standing, perennial, permanent, persistent, persisting,… … Law dictionary
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Abiding — Abide A*bide , v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abode}, formerly {Abid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abiding}.] [AS. [=a]b[=i]dan; pref. [=a] (cf. Goth. us , G. er , orig. meaning out) + b[=i]dan to bide. See {Bide}.] 1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] Chaucer.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abiding — abidingly, adv. abidingness, n. /euh buy ding/, adj. continuing without change; enduring; steadfast: an abiding faith. [1250 1300; ME; see ABIDE, ING2] Syn. unending, unchanging, unshakable. * * * … Universalium
