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viver — meaning in English

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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.
  • inhabit verb To live in a place.
  • live verb To be alive; to have life.

Senses

viver is used for these senses in English:

  • abide (transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand. [from mid-12th c.]
  • abide (intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation. [mid-12th–mid-17th c.]
  • dwell (intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.
  • inhabit (transitive) To live or reside in.
  • live (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.

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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