abiding

English

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Etymology 1

Present participle or participial adjective from abide (verb) +‎ -ingCategory:English terms suffixed with -ing#ABIDING; or, from Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ABIDINGCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ABIDING participle form of abiden, abyden (“to abide”).

Adjective

abiding (comparative more abiding, superlative most abiding)Category:English lemmas#ABIDINGCategory:English adjectives#ABIDINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABIDINGCategory:Pages with entries#ABIDINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ABIDING

  1. Continuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
    a deep and abiding hatred of wealthCategory:English terms with collocations#ABIDING
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      However, one abiding weakness with such data collection is that people’s beliefs about their speech habits may not necessarily tally with reality.
      Category:English terms with quotations#ABIDING
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Verb

abidingCategory:English non-lemma forms#ABIDINGCategory:English verb forms#ABIDINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABIDINGCategory:Pages with entries#ABIDINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ABIDING

  1. present participle and gerund of abide
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Etymology 2

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#ABIDINGCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#ABIDING abydynge, abidynge, -inge [verbal noun of abiden, abyden (“to abide”)],[2] from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#ABIDINGCategory:English terms derived from Old English#ABIDING abīdung;[3] or, verbal noun from abide (verb) +‎ -ingCategory:English terms suffixed with -ing#ABIDING.

Noun

abiding (plural abidings)Category:English lemmas#ABIDINGCategory:English nouns#ABIDINGCategory:English countable nouns#ABIDINGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABIDINGCategory:Pages with entries#ABIDINGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ABIDING

  1. The action of one who abides; the state of an abider. [First attested from around 1150 to 1350.][1]
  2. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#ABIDING) An abode. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the early 17th century.][1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abiding”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 4.
  2. ↑ “abīding, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2018, retrieved 16 December 2019.
  3. ↑ Stratmann, Francis Henry; Bradley, Henry (1891), “abīding, sb.”, in A Middle-English Dictionary Containing Words Used by English Writers from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century, new edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2
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