Abode Definition

ə-bōd
abodes
noun
abodes
A dwelling place; a home.
American Heritage
A place where one lives or stays; home; residence.
Webster's New World
The act of abiding; a sojourn.
American Heritage
The definition of an abode is a residence or a place where a person lives or stays for a long time.
An example of an abode is someone's home or apartment.
YourDictionary
, Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
He waxeth at your abode here.
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verb
Webster's New World
A dwelling, home, or other fixed place where a person resides. Past tense and past participle of abide.
Webster's New World Law

Simple past tense and past participle of abide.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage. [Attested from the late 16th century to the mid 17th century.]

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(intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous. [Attested from the mid 17th century to the late 17th century.]

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Other Word Forms of Abode

Noun

Singular:
abode
Plural:
abodes

Origin of Abode

  • From Middle English abod, abad, from Old English *ābād, related to ābīdan (“to abide”); see abide. Cognate with Scots abade, abaid (“abode”). For the change of vowel, compare abode, preterit of abide.

    From Wiktionary

  • From an alteration with bode and Middle English abeden (“to announce”), from Old English ābēodan (“to command, proclaim”), from a- + bēodan (“to command, proclaim”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English abod home from abiden to wait abide

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • a- +‎ bode (“presage, portend, announce”)

    From Wiktionary

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