ABODES
Noun
abodes
plural of abode
Verb
abodes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abode
Anagrams
• ASBOed, Basdeo, adobes, saboed
Source: Wiktionary
ABODE
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.
ABODE
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