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From Old English abad, abood, from abiden (“‘to abide’”). See abide. For the change of vowel, compare abode, imp. of abide.
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- (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii:
- Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii:
- Patrono:Uncommon Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
- He waxeth at your abode here. - Henry Fielding
- Patrono:Formal A residence, dwelling or habitation.
- Come, let me lead you to our poore abode. - William Wordsworth
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- See also Wikisaurus:abode
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obsolete: act of waiting
stay or continuance in a place; sojourn
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slightly dated: residence
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abode
- Simple past tense and past participle of abide.
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- (obsolete) An omen.
- High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. - George Chapman
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- (transitive) (obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
- (intransitive) (obsolete) To be ominous.
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