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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abide \A*bide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Abode}, formerly {Abid};
p. pr & vb n. {Abiding}.] [AS. [=a]b[=i]dan; pref. [=a]-
(cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[=i]dan 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abode \A*bode"\, n. [See {Bode}, v. t.]
An omen. [Obs.]
High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with
true abodes. --Chapman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abode \A*bode"\, v. t.
To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abode \A*bode"\, v. i.
To be ominous. [Obs.] --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abode \A*bode"\,
pret. of {Abide}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abode \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
abode
n 1: a person's legal place of residence [syn: {residence}]
2: a physical structure (e.g., a house) that someone is living
in "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they
raise money to provide homes for the homeless" [syn: {dwelling},
{home}, {domicile}, {habitation}, {dwelling house}]
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