Dictionary says that abide might have two variants of past simple and past participle forms:

Abide-abided-abided (meaning bear, stand)
Abide-abode-abided (meaning live/stay in place)

But what is the correct forms for a phrasal verb 'abide by' (meaning obey).

By the way, could you say whether I pronounce the following properly? Is my intonation correct?[Audio]

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Dictionary says that abide might have two variants of past simple and past participle forms:

Abide-abided-abided (meaning bear, stand)
Abide-abode-abided (meaning live/stay in place)

But what is the correct forms for a phrasal verb 'abide by' (meaning obey).

By the way, could you say whether I pronounce the following properly? Is my intonation correct?[Audio]

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Chambers gives past tense as abided, abode and abid. Past participle as abided, abode or abidden. It doesn't distinguish between the two senses of the word.

Your pronunciation is fine.

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I am a native speaker and I cannot remember ever hearing anyone use any past tense of "abide". The only context when I recall hearing "abide" is the construction "cannot abide" / "could not abide" or similar, meaning "cannot bear", "cannot stand" / "could not bear", "could not stand" or the like. I would recommend avoiding any other forms of this verb, particularly if you are a non-native speaker.

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PAY ATTENTION: I have made a mistake in my question. It should have been "abide-abided-abided" and "abide-abode-abode"!

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