v. i. To be ominous. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
pret. of Abide. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To bode; to foreshow. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See Abide. For the change of vowel, cf. abode, imp. of abide. ]
And with her fled away without abode. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
He waxeth at your abode here. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]
Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Bode, v. t. ] An omen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A foreboding; an omen. [ Obs. ] “Abodements must not now affright us.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]