ABODE

dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house

(noun) housing that someone is living in; “he built a modest dwelling near the pond”; “they raise money to provide homes for the homeless”

residence, abode

(noun) any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; “a person can have several residences”

ABIDE

digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up

(verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant; “I cannot bear his constant criticism”; “The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks”; “he learned to tolerate the heat”; “She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage”

bide, abide, stay

(verb) dwell; “You can stay with me while you are in town”; “stay a bit longer--the day is still young”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

abode (plural abodes)

(obsolete) Act of waiting; delay. [Attested from (1150 to 1350) to the early 17th century.]

(obsolete) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [Attested from (1350 to 1470) to the mid 18th century.]

(formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation. [First attested from around 1350 to 1470.]

Synonyms

• See also abode

Verb

abode

simple past tense and past participle of abide

Etymology 2

Noun

abode (plural abodes)

(obsolete) An omen; a foretelling. [Attested from the late 16th century to the late 17th century.]

Verb

abode (third-person singular simple present abodes, present participle aboding, simple past and past participle aboded)

(transitive, obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage. [Attested from the late 16th century to the mid 17th century.]

(intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous. [Attested from the mid 17th century to the late 17th century.]

Anagrams

• EABOD, adobe

Source: Wiktionary


A*bode", pret.

Definition: of Abide.

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.

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

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

A*bode", v. t.

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

A*bode", v. i.

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

ABIDE

A*bide", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abode, formerly Abid(#); p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding.] Etym: [AS. abidan; pref. a- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + bidan 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.

A*bide", v. t.

1. To wait for; to be prepared for; to await; to watch for; as, I abide my time. "I will abide the coming of my lord." Tennyson.

Note: [[Obs.], with a personal object. Bonds and afflictions abide me. Acts xx. 23.

2. To endure; to sustain; to submit to. [Thou] shalt abide her judgment on it. Tennyson.

3. To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with. She could not abide Master Shallow. Shak.

4.

Note: [Confused with aby to pay for. See Aby.]

Definition: To stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for. Dearly I abide that boast so vain. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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