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Dwell

Dwell Meaning & Definition
Dwell Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dwell?

[v] think moodily or anxiously about something
[v] come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"
[v] make one's home or live in; "There are only 250,000 people in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"
[v] originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dwell: belong | brood | consist | domicile | domiciliate | harp | inhabit | lie | lie in | live | people | populate | reside | shack | worry

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dwell: abide | berth | bide | bunk | carry on | cohabit | continue | continue to be | defeat time | defy time | dig | domicile | domiciliate | doss down | emphasize | endure | exist | extend | focus on | go on | hang out | harp on | hold | hold on | hold out | inhabit | inhere | keep | keep on | labor | last | last long | last out | lie | live | live on | live through | lodge | maintain | nest | occupy | perch | perdure | perennate | persist | persist in | prevail | remain | reside | rest | room | roost | run | run on | squat | stand | stay | stay on | stress | subsist | survive | sustain | tarry | tenant | tide over | wear | wear well

See Also | appertain | be | bivouac | board | camp | camp out | chew over | cohabit | contemplate | dwell on | encamp | excogotate | exist | ingeminate | inhere | iterate | linger over | live in | live out | lodge | lodge in | meditate | mull | mull over | muse | neighbor | neighbour | occupy | overpopulate | pertain | ponder | reflect | reiterate | repeat | restate | retell | room | ruminate | rusticate | shack up | sleep in | sleep out | speculate | tent | think over

Dwell In Webster's Dictionary

\Dwell\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dwelled}, usually contracted into {Dwelt} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwelling}.] [OE. dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dv["a]ljas to dwell, Dan. dv[ae]le to linger, and to E. dull. See {Dull}, and cf. {Dwale}.] 1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.] 2. To abide; to remain; to continue. I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. --Shak. Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. --Wordsworth. 3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside. The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions. --Peacham. The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. --C. J. Smith. {To dwell in}, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. ``My hopes in heaven to dwell.'' --Shak. {To dwell on} or {upon}, to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note. They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement. --Buckminster. Syn: To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue; stay; rest.
\Dwell\, v. t. To inhabit. [R.] --Milton.

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