Abode \A*bode"\, v. t.
To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Abode \A*bode"\, v. i.
To be ominous. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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Abode \A*bode"\,
pret. of Abide.
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Abode \A*bode"\, n. [OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See
Abide. For the change of vowel, cf. abode, imp. of abide.]
1. Act of waiting; delay. [Obs.] --Shak.
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And with her fled away without abode. --Spenser.
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2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
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He waxeth at your abode here. --Fielding.
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3. Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place;
residence; a dwelling; a habitation.
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Come, let me lead you to our poor abode.
--Wordsworth.
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Abode \A*bode"\, n. [See Bode, v. t.]
An omen. [Obs.]
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High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with
true abodes. --Chapman.
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Abide \A*bide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abode, formerly Abid;
p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding.] [AS. [=a]b[imac]dan; pref. [=a]-
(cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[imac]dan to
bide. See Bide.]
1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. To stay; to continue in a place; to have one's abode; to
dwell; to sojourn; -- with with before a person, and
commonly with at or in before a place.
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Let the damsel abide with us a few days. --Gen.
xxiv. 55.
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3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to
continue; to remain.
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Let every man abide in the same calling. --1 Cor.
vii. 20.
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To abide by.
(a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain.
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The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by
what he said at first. --Fielding.
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(b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a
decision or an award.
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abide
v 1: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a
bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide, stay]
2: put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear
his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure
a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate
the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable
marriage" [syn: digest, endure, stick out, stomach,
bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, suffer,
put up]
[also: abode]
WordNet (r) 2.0
abode
n 1: any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a
person can have several residences" [syn: residence]
2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest
dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide
homes for the homeless" [syn: dwelling, home, domicile,
habitation, dwelling house]
WordNet (r) 2.0
abode
See abide
WordNet (r) 2.0
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "abode":
abiding, accommodation, area, bearings, bench mark, billet,
cohabitation, commorancy, diggings, digs, district, domicile,
dwelling, emplacement, habitancy, habitation, hole, home, house,
inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, latitude and longitude,
lieu, living, locale, locality, location, locus, lodging, nesting,
occupancy, occupation, pinpoint, place, placement, point, position,
quarters, region, residence, residency, residing, site, situation,
situs, sojourning, spot, squatting, staying, staying over, stead,
stopping, tenancy, whereabout, whereabouts
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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