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abide |
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abide by something to follow the rules of something; to obey someone's orders. John felt that he had to abide by his father's wishes. abide with someone to remain with someone; to stay with someone. (Old and stilted. Primarily heard in the church hymn Eventide.) You are welcome to abide with me for a while, young man. abide by something to accept or obey an arrangement, decision, or rule It is a good thing that most drivers abide by the rules of the road. Related vocabulary: adhere to something How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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When we impose severe and excessive
punishment, when we seek an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life
for a life, when we seek revenge on lawbreakers by some clumsy
arithmetic we call justice, we become violent law abiders. Are his
sermons in Chapter 6 as much to himself as to the sign groupies and
incensed law abiders that make up this strange crowd?
Moreover, both Dunham and Guston honor high modernism in the breach by
violating its laws in ways that render them more vivid than does the
work of average law abiders. |
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