verbleiben — 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.
• tarry verb (literary) To stay somewhere longer than planned, or to delay leaving.

Senses

verbleiben is used for these senses in English:

• 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]
• dwell (intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.
• tarry (intransitive) To linger in expectation of something or until something is done or happens.
• 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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