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Dwell Definition And Meaning |
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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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