Definition of Dwell
1. Verb. Think moodily or anxiously about something. "Sam and Sue dwell over the results of the experiment"
2. Verb. Originate (in). ; "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
3. Verb. Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of. "Deer are populating the woods"
Specialized synonyms: Tenant, Neighbor, Neighbour, Lodge In, Occupy, Reside, Domicile, Domiciliate, Reside, Shack, People, Overpopulate, Cohabit, Live Together, Shack Up, Lodge, Bivouac, Camp, Camp Out, Encamp, Tent, Nest, Board, Room
Generic synonyms: Be
Derivative terms: Dweller, Dwelling, Inhabitancy, Inhabitant, Inhabitation, Livable, Liveable, Liver, Population
Also: Live In, Live Out
4. Verb. Exist or be situated within. "Strange notions inhabited her mind"
5. Verb. Come back to. "She is always harping on the same old things"
Definition of Dwell
1. v. i. To delay; to linger.
2. v. t. To inhabit.
Definition of Dwell
1. to reside [v DWELT or DWELLED, DWELLING, DWELLS] - See also: reside
Medical Definition of Dwell
1. 1. To delay; to linger. 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." . 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) Synonym: To inhabit, live, abide, sojourn, reside, continue, stay, rest. Origin: Dwelled, usually contracted into Dwelt; Dwelling] [OE. Dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. Dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. Dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. Dvaljas to dwell, Dan. Dvaele to linger, and to E. Dull. See Dull, and cf. Dwale. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwell
Literary usage of Dwell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"... these paintings that may make It with this or the other man to take) Is not
without those things that do excel What do in brave but empty notions dwell. ..."
2. The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit: Sermons Preached and Revised by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1873)
"... retire into the burning sands where none can pursue them, and so " dwell deep."
We will take our text in the two •senses I have indicated. " dwell deep ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Now it is the Old Russian quarter, where old-fashioned merchants dwell in state
and keep up ... The wealthy merchants and well-to-do inhabitants dwell here, ..."
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