Definition of stay

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Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.

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Transient :: Transient (a.) Staying for a short time; not regular or permanent; as, a transient guest; transient boarders..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To wait; to attend; to forbear to act.
Supersede :: Supersede (v. t.) To make void, inefficacious, or useless, by superior power, or by coming in the place of; to set aside; to render unnecessary; to suspend; to stay..
Overstayed :: Overstayed (imp. & p. p.) of Oversta.
Desert :: Desert (v. t.) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country..
Attend :: Attend (v. t.) To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do service; to escort; to wait on; to serve..
Furl :: Furl (v. t.) To draw up or gather into close compass; to wrap or roll, as a sail, close to the yard, stay, or mast, or, as a flag, close to or around its staff, securing it there by a gasket or line. Totten..
Persist :: Persist (v. i.) To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy..
Wait :: Wait (v. t.) To stay for; to rest or remain stationary in expectation of; to await; as, to wait orders..
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed..
Sist :: Sist (v. t.) To stay, as judicial proceedings; to delay or suspend; to stop..
Staid :: Stail () imp. & p. p. of Stay.
Gobline :: Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.
Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To stop from motion or falling; to prop; to fix firmly; to hold up; to support.
Stayedness :: Stayedly (adv.) Staidly. See Staidly.
Continuance :: Continuance (n.) A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay..
Abode :: Abode (n.) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
Tarry :: Tarry (v. t.) To wait for; to stay or stop for.
Outstay :: Outstay (v. t.) To stay beyond or longer than.
Lanyard :: Lanyard (n.) A short piece of rope or line for fastening something in ships; as, the lanyards of the gun ports, of the buoy, and the like; esp., pieces passing through the dead-eyes, and used to extend shrouds, stays, etc..
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