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Abide

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WordDefinition
endureverb(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
standverbTo position or be positioned physically:
stomachnounAn organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
stayverb(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
sufferverb(intransitive) To feel pain.
tolerateverb(transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
put upverb(transitive) To place in a high location.
bearverbA large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
bideverb(intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
brooknoun(Northeastern US) A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.

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WordDefinition
bideverb(intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To wait; to be in expectation; to stay; to remain.
brookverb(Northeastern US) A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream.
endureverb(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
stayverb(intransitive) To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
tolerateverb(transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
standverbTo position or be positioned physically:
put upverb(transitive) To place in a high location.
sufferverb(intransitive) To feel pain.
stomachverbAn organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
bearverbA large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
persistverb(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
persevereverb(intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
keepverb(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
insistverb(sometimes with (that + subjunctive) or intransitive, with on or upon) To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
remainverbTo continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
maintainverbTo keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
accomplishverb(transitive) To finish successfully.
liveverb(intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
enforceverbTo keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.
achieveverb(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.

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