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vb. (en-past of: abide by)
Usage examples of "abided by".
He could have slain me at any time and run off, but he abided by his bargain.
It mattered not to her what caste he was, when he was in her kashiggen he abided by the rules set down by the Gyrgon or suffered the consequences.
Meek, compliant, wholly absorbed in the matters of the household -- a colorless, timid girl who abided by the customs of our people -- was she really just that?
The right-hand version shows that the writer has at least made his choice and abided by it.
I abided by the rules I had learned among you, and for some time they seemed to prove their validity in the world.
The more practical of its inmates abided by the tradition of a murder.
He was a brave, intelligent man who kept his word and abided by the rules, which included not divulging details about the very sorts of cases I expected and hoped to find hidden between his clipping book's covers.