Category:Abode

A*bode", pret.

Defn: of Abide.

ABODE A*bode", n. Etym: [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.

ABODE A*bode", n. Etym: [See Bode, v. t.]

Defn: An omen. [Obs.] High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. Chapman.

ABODE A*bode", v. t.

Defn: To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] Shak.

ABODE A*bode", v. i.

Defn: To be ominous. [Obs.] Dryden.