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English Dictionary: abode	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for abode
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
abode n any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences" Synonym(s): residence, abode housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless" Synonym(s): dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abide \A*bide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abode}, formerly {Abid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Abiding}.] [AS. [be]b[c6]dan; pref. [be]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[c6]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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abode \A*bode"\, pret. of {Abide}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abode \Abode"\, 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. 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abode \A*bode"\, n. [See {Bode}, v. t.] An omen. [Obs.] High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abode \A*bode"\, v. t. To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abode \A*bode"\, v. i. To be ominous. [Obs.] --Dryden.