pret. of Abide. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be ominous. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bode; to foreshow. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

And with her fled away without abode. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. [ 1913 Webster ]

He waxeth at your abode here. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bode, v. t. ] An omen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A foreboding; an omen. [ Obs. ] “Abodements must not now affright us.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]