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English[]

Pronunciation[]

  • (RP) IPA: /əˈbəʊd/
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  • Rhymes: -əʊd

Etymology 1[]

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

Noun[]

Singular
Abode

Plural
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Abode ({{{1}}})

  1. (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii:
      Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.
  2. Template:Uncommon Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
  3. Template:Formal A residence, dwelling or habitation.
Synonyms[]
  • See also Wikisaurus:abode
Translations[]
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Verb[]

abode

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of abide.

Etymology 2[]

From a- + bode

Noun[]

Singular
Abode

Plural
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Abode ({{{1}}})

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

Verb[]

Infinitive
to Abode

Third person singular
abod

Simple past
-

Past participle
-

Present participle
ing

to Abode (third-person singular simple present abod, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

  1. (transitive) (obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
  2. (intransitive) (obsolete) To be ominous.
Derived terms[]
  • abodement
  • aboding

See also[]

  • dwelling

Anagrams[]

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