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The state of abiding; abode; continuance; compliance (with). The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine. Fuller. A judicious abidance by rules. Helps.

To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. Let every man abide in the same calling. 1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by: To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. Fielding.

The quality or state of being able; power to perform, whether physical, moral, intellectual, conventional, or legal; capacity; skill or competence in doing; sufficiency of strength, skill, resources, etc.; -- in the plural, faculty, talent. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send reli…

The state of being rejected or cast out. [R.] An adjection from the beatific regions where God, and his angels and saints, dwell forever. Jer. Taylor.

The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility. Grew.

In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to assist Torrijos. Carlyle.

d; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech. No man wrote abler state papers. Macaulay.

In or into bloom; in a blooming state. Masson.

The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity. Darwin.

gular. Hallam. A character of a more abnormous cast than his equally suspected coadjutor. State Trials.

The act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

The quality or state of being abominable; odiousness. Bentley.

That which is abominable; anything hateful, wicked, or shamefully vile; an object or state that excites disgust and hatred; a hateful or shameful vice; pollution. Antony, most large in his abominations. Shak.

are aborted branches. The eyes of the cirripeds are more or less aborted in their mature state. Owen.

o a certain level or line; equally advanced; as, to keep abreast of [or with] the present state of science.

bridged his visit." Smollett. She retired herself to Sebaste, and abridged her train from state to necessity. Fuller.

The act abridging, or the state of being abridged; diminution; lessening; reduction or deprivation; as, an abridgment of pleasures or of expenses.

Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot; astir. "Mischiefs that I set abroach." Shak.

The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.

The state of being cut off. Sir T. Browne.