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