Abide and Wear

Abide

Abide verb - To put up with (something painful or difficult).

Usage example: cannot abide being in huge crowds

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Wear and abide are semantically related (British) in stick topic. In some cases you can use "Wear" instead a verb "Abide".

Nearby Words: abiding, abidance

Wear verb - To use up all the physical energy of.

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Abide and wear are semantically related in stick topic. Sometimes you can use "Abide" instead a verb "Wear".

Nearby Words: weary, wearing, weariness, wearable, wearer

Demeanor is arrested and sentenced to an experimental rehabilitation program, she is made to wear a mind-altering tiara that forces her to abide to the law.

Source: Western Animation / COPS
Assassins abide by several rules, including that they always wear black, even when this is detrimental to any attempt to be inconspicuous, and especially that they're not allowed to kill people unless they are paid to, and cannot kill the defenseless.

Source: Murder, Inc.
Demeanour is made to wear a mind-altering tiara that forces her to abide to the law, she finds a car parked three inches out of a space into a red zone and lifts it out by hand, destroying its tires (and presumably its suspension) when she drops it back down.

Source: Parking Payback

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