单词 | abidance |
释义 | abidancen. 1. Abiding; dwelling, stay; continuance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > [noun] > continued presence bigginga1325 abidinga1387 bidingc1400 tarrying1445 arrestance1477 tarryc1480 remain1488 remaining1496 tarriance1530 stay1538 remainder1585 abidance1607 abide1615 1607 ‘W. S.’ Puritaine ii. sig. D So long is his abidance. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre v. xi. 249 The Christians had no longer abidance in the Holy hill of Palestine. 1668 N. Culpeper & A. Cole tr. T. Bartholin Anat. (new ed.) ii. vi. 101 From its abidance there, the blood would not be perfected but become adust. 1745 J. Grigg Young Chevalier 17 'Tis not of half the Abidance of the Grass of the Field, which itself rises for but a Summer. 1755 S. Walker Serm. vi The Days of Man are shrunk into the Abidance of a Moment. 1837 J. H. Newman Lect. Prophetical Office Church 102 It considers doubt incompatible with practical abidance in the truth. 1860 De Bow's Rev. Apr. 374 The right of property in negro slaves, with its concomitant rights of transit and temporary abidance..in a non-slaveholding State. 1949 R. Godden In Noah's Ark 10 They made abidance in the hold. 2007 Econ. News (Nexis) 17 Sept. This service can be engaged either during the first two days of abidance or at the day of departure. 2. Conformity or submission to a rule or code; adherence to an agreement or promise. Also: an instance of this. Usually with by (also occasionally with to, with). ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > obedience to rule(s) > action in accordance with a standard conformitya1513 abidance1803 1803 Lett. Miss Riversdale III. 399 That opposition calls up all the powers of argument in support of the favourite hypothesis, and certainly tends..to create a jealous abidance by it. 1849 J. H. Newman Disc. Mixed Congregations vii. 141 In spite of His ample promises, and His faithful abidance to them. 1875 A. Helps Ess. 179 A judicious abidance by rules, and holding to the results of experience, are good. 1925 Sci. Monthly Apr. 402 War-time disruptions made abidance by either cleanliness or godliness highly inconvenient. 1962 A. Etzioni Hard Way to Peace vii. 150 Successive, more extensive, inspections..will also serve to check abidance with earlier agreements. 2006 Daily Mail (Nexis) 29 Sept. 73 Membership criteria include three years' legal trading experience, legal and professional references and abidance by a code of conduct. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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