Abode, n.
Etymology: [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.
4 other Webster entries under this spelling
Abode, pret.
of Abide.
Abode, n.
An omen. [Obs.] High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. Chapman.
Abode, v. t.
To bode; to foreshow. [Obs.] Shak.
Abode, v. i.
To be ominous. [Obs.] Dryden.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for abode; he lists it under home.
Where he writes about it:
Abode, dwelling, and habitation are used with little difference of meaning to denote the place where one habitually lives; abode and habitation belong to the poetic or elevated style. — from home
Antonyms
none given