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dwell (dwel)

intransitive verb dwelt or dwelled, dwelling dwell′·ing

to make one's home; reside; live

Etymology: ME dwellen < OE dwellan, to lead astray, hinder, akin to ON dvelja, to delay < IE *dh(e)wel-, to obscure, make dull

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dwell Idioms

dwell on

or dwell upon
to linger over in thought or speech; think about or discuss at length
dwell Synonyms

dwell

v.

live, reside, inhabit, stay, lodge, room, abide, sojourn, stop, settle, tarry, remain, live in, live at, continue, go on living, rent, tenant, have a lease on, make one's home at, have one's address at, keep house, be at home, quarter, hang out*, hang up one's hat*, flop*, bunk*, crash*, tent*, pitch a tent, have digs at*; see also reside.

dwell Usage Examples

Preposition: on

  • earth: Well might Solomon have asked the question, ' Will God ever dwell on the earth?
  • past: TV: Well, first of all, I don't dwell on the past.

Preposition: at

  • length: Nor can I dwell at any length upon equally well authenticated instances of Divine healing.

Modifies a noun

  • meter: The dwell meter, being used while the engine is running, picks up all the errors.

Modifying Another Word

  • wherein: I am proud of my native town, wherein dwells such marvelous heroes.

Preposition: in

  • midst: God can only dwell in the midst of a sheltered people.
  • tent: He would " rather be a door-keeper in the house of his God, than dwell in the tents of sin.
  • darkness: Top Chapter 6 1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
  • unity: Oh, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.
  • temple: We don't dwell in temples made with hands, do we?
  • heaven: Rejoice, from every hamlet and town, nurtured by those who now dwell in heaven!

Noun used with modifier

  • fullness: And it continues: For God was pleased to have all of God's fullness dwell in Jesus.
  • fulness: For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell Colos 1.15.
  • deity: That is why the Bible says of Jesus, " For in Him all the fulness of Deity dwells in bodily form.
  • righteousness: But according to his promise we wait for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
  • ye: How shall ye dwell on earth awa ' frae me?
  • I: Christoper Logue 5th October, 2002 I dwell in possibility.
dwell Quotes

I built my soul a lordly pleasure-house, Wherein at ease for aye to dwell.

—Tennyson

   My God, I heard this day, That none doth build a stately habitation, But that he means to dwell therein. What house more stately hath there been, Or can be, than is Man? to whose creation All things are in decay.

—Herbert, George

Crime is common. Logic is rare. Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell.

—Doyle, SirArthur Conan

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