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abade

abade is the obsolete form of abode.

Meaning of abode

Noun (1)

abode (plural abodes)

  1. (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
    • Vpon his Courser set the louely lode, / And with her fled away without abode.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.viii
  2. (dated) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
    • During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]1661, John Fell Summary, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
  3. (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
    • of no fixed abode

Noun (2)

abode (plural abodes)

  1. (obsolete) An omen; a foretelling.
    • High-thundering Juno's husband, stirs my spirit with true abodes.1865, George Chapman, edited by Richard Hooper, The Iliads of Homer, London: J.R. Smith, →OCLC, page 6

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Questions about abade

What is abade the obsolete form of?
Abade is the obsolete form of abode.

Words near abade in the dictionary

  1. abadavines
  2. Abaddan
  3. Abaddans
  4. abaddon
  5. abaddons
  6. abade
  7. Abadi
  8. Abadie
  9. Abadies
  10. Abadis
  11. Abadite

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