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A*bode" , v. i. To be ominous. [Obs.]

Dryden.


A*bode" , v. t. To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.]

Shak.


A*bode" , n. [See Bode, v. t.]

An omen. [Obs.]

High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes.
Chapman.


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.


A*bode" (&?;), pret. of Abide.



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