abode

Noun
US[uh-bohd]/əˈboʊd/2 syllables
Synonyms: residencedwellinghomedomicilehabitationdwelling house

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. any address at which you dwell more than temporarily“a person can have several residences”Synonyms: residenceType of addressKinds home, domicile
  2. housing that someone is living in“he built a modest dwelling near the pond”“they raise money to provide homes for the homeless”Synonyms: dwellinghomedomicilehabitationdwelling houseType of housing, lodgingKinds house, hearth, yurt, hermitage, messuage, semi-detached house, fixer-upper, cliff dwelling, condominium, lodge +4 moreParts kitchen, bedroom, living room, dressing room, bathroom, dining room, dinette, den +1 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

A·bode′ (…),

pret. of Abide.

A·bode′ noun

Origin: OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See Abide. For the change of vowel, cf. abode, imp. of abide.

1. Act of waiting; delay. obsolete William Shakespeare

And with her fled away without abode.— Edmund Spenser

2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.

He waxeth at your abode here.— Henry 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.— William Wordsworth
A·bode′ noun

Origin: See Bode, transitive verb

An omen. obsolete

High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes.— George Chapman
A·bode′ transitive verb

To bode; to foreshow. obsolete William Shakespeare

A·bode′ intransitive verb

To be ominous. obsolete John Dryden

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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