abiding Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb dwell
    bide; abide; stay.
    • You can stay with me while you are in town
    • stay a bit longer--the day is still young
  2. verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
    stomach; brook; support; put up; tolerate; bear; abide; endure; stick out; suffer; digest; stand.
    • I cannot bear his constant criticism
    • The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
    • he learned to tolerate the heat
    • She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
  3. adjective satellite unceasing
    enduring; imperishable.
    • an abiding belief
    • imperishable truths

WordNet


A*bid"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Continuing; lasting.

Webster 1913