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Abode
Pronunciation : A*bode"
Part of Speech : pret.
Definition : Defn: of Abide.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : A*bode"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See Abide. For the change of vowel, cf. abode, imp. of abide.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : A*bode"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Bode, v. t.]
Definition : Defn: An omen. [Obs.] High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. Chapman.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : A*bode"
Part of Speech : v. t.
Definition : Defn: To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : A*bode"
Part of Speech : v. i.
Definition : Defn: To be ominous. [Obs.] Dryden.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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