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Abide: Definition and part of speech

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Abide

  1. v. t. To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for.
  2. v. i. To wait; to pause; to delay.
  3. v. i. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one’s abode; to dwell; to sojourn; — with with before a person, and commonly with at or in before a place.
  4. v. i. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
  5. v. t. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time.
  6. v. t. To endure; to sustain; to submit to.
  7. v. t. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abies: Definition and part of speech

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Abies

  1. n. A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes also referred to this genus.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abietene: Definition and part of speech

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Abietene

  1. n. A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana) of California.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abietic: Definition and part of speech

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Abietic

  1. a. Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abietine: Definition and part of speech

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Abietine

  1. n. A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.