demeurer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abide verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
- haunt verb Of a ghost or spirit, to appear regularly in a particular place.
- live verb To be alive; to have life.
- lodge verb To become firmly fixed in a particular position.
- remain verb To stay in the same place, condition, or state without changing.
- reside verb To live somewhere on a permanent or long-term basis.
- stay verb To remain in a place rather than leaving.
- tarry verb (literary) To stay somewhere longer than planned, or to delay leaving.
Senses
demeurer 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 (transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of. [from late 16th c.]
- abide (intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left. [from ca. 1150—1350]
- haunt (intransitive, now, rare) To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
- live (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
- lodge (intransitive) To stay in any place or shelter.
- remain To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
abide — full definition
- verb To accept and follow a rule, decision, or agreement (used with "by").
- verb To tolerate or put up with something, especially in negative statements.
- verb (literary) To remain or continue in a place; to stay.
haunt — full definition
- verb Of a ghost or spirit, to appear regularly in a particular place.
- verb To trouble or prey on someone's mind persistently.
- noun A place someone visits often; a regular hangout.