abode

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.2 Verb 1.3.2.1 Derived terms 1.4 See also 1.5 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbəʊd/
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• Rhymes: -əʊd

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English abad, abood, from abiden (“‘to abide’”). See abide. For the change of vowel, compare abode, imp. of abide.

[edit] Noun

abode (plural abodes)

1. (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
   • And with her fled away without abode. - Edmund Spenser
2. (uncommon outside fixed expressions) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
   • He waxeth at your abode here. - Henry Fielding
3. (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
   • Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. - William Wordsworth

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:abode

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

abode

1. Simple past tense and past participle of abide.

[edit] Etymology 2

From a- + bode

[edit] Noun

abode (plural abodes)

1. (obsolete) An omen.
   • High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. - George Chapman

[edit] Verb

to abode (third-person singular simple present abodes, present participle aboding, simple past and past participle aboded)

1. (transitive) (obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
2. (intransitive) (obsolete) To be ominous.

[edit] Derived terms

• abodement
• aboding

[edit] See also

• dwelling

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: abdeo
• adobe