definition of the word abidden

• IPA: /əˈbɪdən/

abidden

1. (obsolete) Past participle of abide.

   • 1819, “I trust the jolly priest hath but abidden by the wine-pot a thought too late. Who saw him since the castle was ta’en?” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

• Alphagram: abddein
• bandied

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