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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abode \A*bode"\, noun [See {Bode}, verb (used with an object)] An omen. [Obs.]
High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. --Chapman.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abode \A*bode"\, verb (used with an object) To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abode \A*bode"\, verb (used without an object) To be ominous. [Obs.] --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abode \A*bode"\, noun [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.
And with her fled away without abode. --Spenser.
2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
He waxeth at your abode here. --Fielding.
3. Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation.
Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. --Wordsworth.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abode \A*bode"\, pret. of {Abide}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Abide \A*bide"\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Abode}, formerly {Abid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abiding}.] [AS. [=a]b[=i]dan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[=i]dan to bide. See {Bide}.]
1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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.
Let the damsel abide with us a few days. --Gen. xxiv. 55.
3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain.
Let every man abide in the same calling. --1 Cor. vii. 20. Followed by by:
{To abide by}. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain.
The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. --Fielding. (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abide
verb
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}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abode
noun
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}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
abode See {abide}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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