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Abide | Define Abide At Dictionary.com
Abide
a·bide [uh-bahyd] verb, a·bode or a·bid·ed, a·bid·ing. verb (used without object) 1. to remain; continue; stay: Abide with me. 2. to have one's abode; dwell; reside: to abide in a small Scottish village. 3. to continue in a particular condition, attitude, relationship, etc…
Osx Dictionary
verb [ with obj.
verb [ with obj. ] make (someone or something) seem unimportant: this is not to belittle his role | she felt belittled. DERIVATIVES belittlement noun, belittler noun ORIGIN late 18th cent.: a coinage of Thomas Jefferson originally meaning ‘diminish in size, make small’; the…
stint |stint
stint |stint| verb [ with obj. often with negative ] supply an ungenerous or inadequate amount of (something): stowage room hasn't been stinted. • [ no obj. ] be economical or frugal about spending or providing something: he doesn't stint on wining and dining. • restrict…
Quantifying The Evolutionary Dynamics Of Language
The rate of language regularization depends on the frequency of word usage
Human language is based on grammatical rules. Cultural evolution allows these rules to change over time. Rules compete with each other: as new rules rise to prominence, old ones die away. To quantify the dynamics of language evolution, we studied the regularization of English…