verblijven — meaning in English

English meaning

• abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
• dwell verb To live or reside in a place.
• haunt verb Of a ghost or spirit, to appear regularly in a particular place.
• stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.
• stop verb To cease moving or to bring something to a halt.
• tarry verb (literary) To stay somewhere longer than planned, or to delay leaving.

Senses

verblijven is used for these senses in English:

• abide (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]
• abide (transitive) To bear patiently. [from late 15th c.]
• abide (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [mid-12th–mid-17th c.]
• dwell (intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.
• haunt (intransitive, now, rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
• stop (intransitive) To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily.
• tarry (transitive) To wait for; to stay or stop for; to allow to linger.

abide — full definition

1. verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
2. verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
3. verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.

dwell — full definition

1. verb To live or reside in a place.
2. verb To keep thinking or talking about something, often unnecessarily.

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