dwell

1. v. i. To delay; to linger. Source: opted

2. v. i. To abide; to remain; to continue. Source: opted

3. v. i. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside. Source: opted

4. v. t. To inhabit. Source: opted

5. v. think moodily or anxiously about something Source: wordnet

6. v. originate (in) Source: wordnet

7. v. be an inhabitant of or reside in Source: wordnet

8. v. exist or be situated within Source: wordnet

9. v. come back to Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

11. To inhabit. [R.] Milton. Source: adambom

12. v:100 v. originate (in) v. exist or be situated within Source: ecdict

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