Definitions for: 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"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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

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

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