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ansatz (iou) and abide (iou)


ansatz (iou)



ansatz noun. ['ansats] M20.
[German = approach.]
Math. An assumption about the form of an unknown function which is made in order to facilitate solution of an equation or Other problem.

abide (iou)



abide verb. .
[Old English abidan, from A-1 + BIDE; cogn. with Gothic usbeidan.]
I. verb intrans.
Remain in expectation, wait. OE-M17.
Bible (AV): Genesis 22:5 Abide you here with the asse.
Pause, delay, stop. ME-M17.
Stay, remain, (in a place or in some state: with adverb or adjective complement, or absol.). ME.
Ld Berners The towne abode frenche. W. Cowper He within his ships Abode the while. Tennyson Tho' much is taken, much abides.
b. Reside, dwell. arch. LME.
Tolkien Ulmo..abode not in Valinor.
Endure, stand firm. LME.
Bible (Coverdale): Psalms 91:7 But thou Lorde..abydest worlde without ende.
II. verb trans.
Wait for, watch for, expect. OE.
T. Elyot He abode an answer thereof. Bible (Tyndale): Acts 20:23 Bondes and trouble abyde me.
Face, encounter, withstand. ME.
A. Thwaite He [Shakespeare] abides Our questioning syllabus still.
Suffer, endure. ME-E18.
J. Moxon Not..strong enough to abide tough Work.
Await submissively; submit to. LME.
Shakespeare Richard II To abide Thy kingly doom.
Tolerate, put up with. (Chiefly & now only in neg. & interrog. contexts.) L15.
Goldsmith I can't abide to disappoint myself. L. Lee They were far more alike than unalike, and could not abide each Other.
III. verb trans. [Conf. with ABY.]
Pay for, suffer for. Now arch. rare. L16.
Shakespeare Julius Caesar Some will dear abide it.
With prepositions in specialized senses: abide by remain with, remain faithful to, (pa. t. & pple now usu. abided).
abider noun LME.