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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Abode \A*bode"\, v. t. To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Abode \A*bode"\, v. i. To be ominous. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Abode \A*bode"\, pret. of Abide. [1913 Webster]

  4.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    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. [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]

  5.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Abode \A*bode"\, n. [See Bode, v. t.] An omen. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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

  6.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Abide \A*bide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Abode, formerly Abid; p. pr. & vb. n. Abiding.] [AS. [=a]b[imac]dan; pref. [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-, G. er-, orig. meaning out) + b[imac]dan to bide. See Bide.] 1. To wait; to pause; to delay. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

    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. [1913 Webster]

    Let the damsel abide with us a few days. --Gen. xxiv. 55. [1913 Webster]

    3. To remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to continue; to remain. [1913 Webster]

    Let every man abide in the same calling. --1 Cor. vii. 20. [1913 Webster] Followed by by:

    To abide by. (a) To stand to; to adhere; to maintain. [1913 Webster]

    The poor fellow was obstinate enough to abide by what he said at first. --Fielding. [1913 Webster] (b) To acquiesce; to conform to; as, to abide by a decision or an award. [1913 Webster]