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abode

noun

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Pronunciation: /əˈbəʊd/ / /əˈboʊd/ / [ʔəˈboʊːd̥̚]

noun

Etymology: 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”).

  1. An omen; a foretelling.

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

verb

Etymology: 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”).

  1. To bode; to foreshow; to presage.

    The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time

  2. To be ominous.