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Definition of Abidden
1. abide [v] - See also: abide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abidden
Literary usage of Abidden
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"The OED notes that in time the past and past participle coalesced in abode, and
abidden fell into disuse, although a few 19th-century writers tried to ..."
2. An English Grammar: Methodical, Analytical, and Historical. With a Treatise by Eduard Adolf Ferdinand Maetzner (1874)
"The preterite in t, a favorite in the seventeenth century, is obsolete.
The participle abidden is still found in the seventeenth century : What punishment ..."
3. The Practice of the Court of Session: On the Basis of the Late Mr. Darling's by Charles Farquhar Shand, James Johnston Darling (1848)
"After the party has abidden by a deed simply, as he perils himself on its
authenticity, or, at least, undertakes to prove he is free from blame, ..."
4. Machiavelli by Niccolò Machiavelli (1905)
"... and the little wisedome of them that defended it, caused shame to the noble
enterprise of the countesse, whoe had thought to have abidden an armie, ..."
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