Abode

/əˈbəʊd/ · noun

Meaning

(obsolete) Act of waiting; delay..

Definitions by Sense

1. (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
2. (dated or law) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
3. (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
4. simple past and past participle of abide
5. (obsolete) An omen; a foretelling.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
7. (intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous.

Example Sentences

Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]

You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here.

The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.

of no fixed abode

humble abode

Come let me lead you to our poor Abode.

“I am of another world. I am John Carter, Prince of the House of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium. Perchance some faint rumour of me may have leaked within the confines of your hellish abode.”

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Word Forms

• abodes
• aboad
• abood
• aboding
• aboded

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