Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Abode

Abode ({not transcribed}) , pret.

pret. of Abide.

Abode , noun

[Old English abad, abood, from abiden to abide. See Abide. For the change of vowel, compare abode, imperfect of abide.]

1.
Act of waiting; delay. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
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

Abode , noun

[See Bode, transitive verb]

An omen. [Obsolete]
High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. — Chapman

Abode , transitive verb

To bode; to foreshow. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare

Abode , intransitive verb

To be ominous. [Obsolete] — Dryden