Abiding Definition

ə-bīdĭng
adjective
Lasting for a long time; enduring.
An abiding love of music.
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Continuing without change; enduring; lasting.
Webster's New World
Certain; indestructible; permanent; steadfast; unaltering; unfaltering; unshakeable.
Webster's New World Law

Continuing or persisting in the same state; lasting; enduring. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

An abiding belief, a deep and abiding hatred of birds.
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noun

The action of one abides; the state of an abider. [First attested from around 1150 to 1350.]

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verb

Present participle of abide.

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Other Word Forms of Abiding

Noun

Singular:
abiding
Plural:
abidings

Origin of Abiding

  • From Middle English abiden (“to abide”) or abide +‎ -ing.

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Abiding Sentence Examples

  • It is under the abiding influence of the Holy Ghost, and therefore cannot err in matters of faith.

  • The rest of Palermo was soon granted; the Semitic capital became the abiding head of Sicily.

  • The absence of water and of large trees is one of the most abiding impressions of the traveller.

  • The abiding interest in Korner is patriotic and political rather than literary.

  • The assurance of its own unique value that such wisdom involved they held to be an abiding possession for those who had attained it; 3 and without this assurance no act could be truly wise or virtuous.

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AABABI

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GNGING

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