Thesaurus: dwell

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1. v. i. To delay; to linger.
2. v. i. To abide; to remain; to continue.
3. v. i. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside.
4. v. t. To inhabit.
5. v. think moodily or anxiously about something
6. v. originate (in)
7. v. be an inhabitant of or reside in
8. v. exist or be situated within
9. v. come back to
10. 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. To inhabit. [R.] Milton.
11. To inhabit. [R.] Milton.
12. v:100 v. originate (in) v. exist or be situated within