abode
nounverbnounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//əˈbəʊd//
- United States//əˈboʊd//
- United States/[ʔəˈboʊːd̥̚]/
A residence, dwelling or habitation.
noun
- 1
obsoleteAct of waiting; delay.
Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.
- 2
datedStay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]
You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here.
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.
- 3
A residence, dwelling or habitation.
of no fixed abode
humble abode
Come let me lead you to our poor Abode.
“I am of another world. I am John Carter, Prince of the House of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium. Perchance some faint rumour of me may have leaked within the confines of your hellish abode.”
Etymology
From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English *ābād, related to ābīdan (“to abide”); see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid (“abode”). For the change of nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide.
verb
- 1
Also a form of abidesimple past and past participle of abide
The fine, soundless pulse of this game was in the air for our young woman while they remained in the shop. While they remained? They remained all day; their presence continued and abode with her, was in everything she did till nightfall....
noun
- 1
obsoleteAn omen; a foretelling.
High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes.
Etymology
From an alteration (with bode) of Middle English abeden (“to announce”), from Old English ābēodan (“to command, proclaim”), from a- + bēodan (“to command, proclaim”). Superficial analysis is a- + bode (“presage, portend, announce”).
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo bode; to foreshow; to presage.
The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time
- 2
obsoleteTo be ominous.
Forms
- plural
- abodes
- past tense
- aboded
- past participle
- aboded
- present participle
- aboding
- third person singular
- abodes