Sekirov Dictionary

abode

UK /əˈbəʊd/US /əˈboʊd/

noun 4
verb 2
forms 3

noun4

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(formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
- of no fixed abode
- humble abode
•
(old-fashioned) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
- You behold, Sir, how he waxeth Wroth at your Abode here. — 1749
•
(no longer used) Act of waiting; delay.
- Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode. — 1590
•
(no longer used) An omen; a foretelling.
- High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes. — 1865

verb2

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(no longer used) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
- The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time — 1591
(no longer used) To be ominous.

forms

aboded · aboding · abodes

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