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”).
- 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”).
- To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
“The night-crow cried, aboding luckless time”
- To be ominous.