Meaning of ABODE
| Pronunciation: | | u'bowd
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- [n] housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
- [n] the address where a person lives; "it is his legal place of residence"
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| | Synonyms: | | domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, residence |
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| | See Also: | | address, bath, bathroom, bedchamber, bedroom, chamber, cliff dwelling, condo, condominium, den, dining room, diningroom, dressing room, family room, fireside, fixer-upper, front room, hearth, hermitage, home, homestead, house, housing, indian lodge, kitchen, lake dwelling, living accommodations, living room, livingroom, lodge, lodging, messuage, parlor, parlour, pile dwelling, place, semi-detached house, sitting room, sleeping room, vacation home | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\A*bode"\,
pret. of {Abide}.
\A*bode"\, n. [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. [See {Bode}, v. t.]
An omen. [Obs.]
High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with
true abodes. --Chapman.
\A*bode"\, v. t.
To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] --Shak.
\A*bode"\, v. i.
To be ominous. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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| | Related Terms: | | abiding, accommodation, area, bearings, bench mark, billet, cohabitation, commorancy, diggings, digs, district, domicile, dwelling, emplacement, habitancy, habitation, hole, home, house, inhabitancy, inhabitation, inhabiting, latitude and longitude, lieu, living, locale, locality, location, locus, lodging, nesting, occupancy, occupation, pinpoint, place, placement, point, position, quarters, region, residence, residency, residing, site, situation, situs, sojourning, spot, squatting, staying, staying over, stead, stopping, tenancy, whereabout, whereabouts |
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