Abide and People

Abide

Abide verb - To have a home.

Usage example: the charming fantasy that fairies abide in the cup-shaped flowers dotting the woodland floor

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People and abide are semantically related. In some cases you can use "People" instead a verb "Abide".

Nearby Words: abiding, abidance

People verb - To supply with inhabitants.

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Abide and people are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abide" instead a verb "People".

Nearby Words: peopled, peopling

law	abide law	people law
moments	abide moments	people moments

Primary obsessed with control, The Dictator is prone to making up new rules whenever it suits him, purely to watch people struggle to abide by them and punish people for breaking them.

Source: Master Character Heroes
And most importantly, he can't just make people be happy because he has to abide by free will.

Source: Being God Is Hard
Or one characterization idea in the Sidereals book - a character who "cannot abide useless people."

Source: Shout Out / Tabletop Games

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