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Etymology 1
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 nouns, compare abode, preterite of abide.
Noun
abode (plural abodes)
- (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
- (dated or law) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
1661, John Fell Summary, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond:During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; […] . Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition.
- (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:abode
of no fixed abode
1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as “Thuvia”, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., 1918 September, →OCLC, page 61:“I am of another world. I am John Carter, Prince of the House of Tardos Mors, Jeddak of Helium. Perchance some faint rumour of me may have leaked within the confines of your hellish abode.”
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stay or continuance in a place; sojourn
slightly dated: residence
- Bengali: মকান (bn) (mokan)
- Bulgarian: жилище (bg) (žilište)
- Danish: bolig (da) c
- Dutch: woonstee (nl) f, verblijf (nl) n, onderkomen (nl) n
- Finnish: asunto (fi), asumus (fi)
- French: demeure (fr) f
- German: Bleibe (de) f, Wohnung (de) f
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (bauains)
- Greek:
- Ancient: μονή f (monḗ)
- Italian: dimora (it) f, residenza (it) f, domicilio (it) m
- Latin: mansio f
- Macedonian: живеа́лиште (mk) n (živeálište), жи́телство n (žítelstvo)
- Maori: tuohunga
- Norwegian:
- Nynorsk: husvære n
- Ottoman Turkish: مكان (mekân)
- Persian: بودگاه (fa)
- Plautdietsch: Wonunk f
- Polish: miejsce zamieszkania n, siedziba (pl) f, sadyba (pl) m (archaic)
- Portuguese: residência (pt) f, domicílio (pt) m, moradia (pt) f
- Russian: жили́ще (ru) n (žilíšče), обита́лище (ru) n (obitálišče), оби́тель (ru) f (obítelʹ), усадьба (ru) f (usadʹba)
- Sanskrit: ओकस् (sa) n (okas), परिष्ठिति (sa) f (pariṣṭhiti)
- Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh f
- Serbo-Croatian: obitavalište (sh), nastan, boravište (sh), настан, боравиште
- Spanish: morada (es) f, residencia (es) f, vivienda (es) f
- Swedish: boning (sv) c, hemvist (sv) c, vistelse (sv) c
- Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎌𐎋𐎐𐎚 (mšknt)
- Ukrainian: житло (uk) n (žytlo), місце проживання n (misce prožyvannja)
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Verb
abode
- simple past and past participle of abide
1898, Henry James, In the Cage:The fine, soundless pulse of this game was in the air for our young woman while they remained in the shop. While they remained? They remained all day; their presence continued and abode with her, was in everything she did till nightfall....
Etymology 2
From an alteration (with bode) of Middle English abeden (“to announce”), from Old English ābēodan (“to command, proclaim”), from a- + bēodan (“to command, proclaim”). Superficial analysis is a- + bode (“presage, portend, announce”).
Noun
abode (plural abodes)
- (obsolete) An omen; a foretelling.
1865, George Chapman, edited by Richard Hooper, The Iliads of Homer, London: J.R. Smith, →OCLC, page 6:High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes.
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Verb
abode (third-person singular simple present abodes, present participle aboding, simple past and past participle aboded)
- (transitive, obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous.
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