dwell

dwell
    v 1: think moodily or anxiously about something [syn: {brood},
         {dwell}]
    2: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices
       in this country" [syn: {dwell}, {consist}, {lie}, {lie in}]
    3: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in
       Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the
       islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells
       near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the
       woods" [syn: {populate}, {dwell}, {live}, {inhabit}]
    4: exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her
       mind" [syn: {dwell}, {inhabit}]
    5: come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always
       harping on the same old things" [syn: {harp}, {dwell}]
    

Dwell \Dwell\, v. t.
   To inhabit. [R.] --Milton.
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Dwell \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[aum]ljas to dwell, Dan. dv[ae]le to linger, and to E.
   dull. See {Dull}, and cf. {Dwale}.]
   1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.]
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   2. To abide; to remain; to continue.
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            I 'll rather dwell in my necessity.   --Shak.
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            Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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   3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live
      in a place; to reside.
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            The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have
            possessions.                          --Peacham.
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            The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the
            hall where the lord of the domain resides. --C. J.
                                                  Smith.
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   {To dwell in}, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on.
      "My hopes in heaven to dwell." --Shak.

   {To dwell on} or {To dwell 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.
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            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.
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Dwell
Tents were in primitive times the common dwellings of men.
Houses were afterwards built, the walls of which were frequently
of mud (Job 24:16; Matt. 6:19, 20) or of sun-dried bricks.

  God "dwells in light" (1 Tim. 6:16; 1 John 1:7), in heaven
(Ps. 123:1), in his church (Ps. 9:11; 1 John 4:12). Christ dwelt
on earth in the days of his humiliation (John 1:14). He now
dwells in the hearts of his people (Eph. 3:17-19). The Holy
Spirit dwells in believers (1 Cor. 3:16; 2 Tim. 1:14). We are
exhorted to "let the word of God dwell in us richly" (Col. 3:16;
Ps. 119:11).

  Dwell deep occurs only in Jer. 49:8, and refers to the custom
of seeking refuge from impending danger, in retiring to the
recesses of rocks and caverns, or to remote places in the
desert.
    

67 Moby Thesaurus words for "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