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[ verb ] dwell (archaic)

Synonyms

stay abide

Examples

"You can stay with me while you are in town" "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"

Used in print

(Anne McCaffrey, "The Ship Who Sang," 7th...)

They would have to bide their official time and see , trusting that the massive doses of shell-psychology would suffice her , too , as the necessary bulwark against her unusual confinement and the pressures of her profession .

Related terms

stay overstay visit archaism

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