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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
dwell \dwell\, v. t.
   to inhabit. r. --milton.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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. dvaumljas to dwell, dan. dvaele to linger, and to e.
   dull. see dull, and cf. dwale.
   1. to delay; to linger. obs.
      1913 webster

   2. to abide; to remain; to continue.
      1913 webster

            i 'll rather dwell in my necessity.   --shak.
      1913 webster

            thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.
                                                  --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   3. to abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live
      in a place; to reside.
      1913 webster

            the parish in which i was born, dwell, and have
            possessions.                          --peacham.
      1913 webster

            the poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the
            hall where the lord of the domain resides. --c. j.
                                                  smith.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

            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.
        1913 webster
see also:
dwelled dwelt dwelling dull dwale to dwell in 
to dwell on to dwell upon 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
dwell
     v 1: think moodily or anxiously about something syn: brood
     2: originate in; "the problems dwell in the social injustices
        in this country" syn: consist, lie, belong, lie in
     3: make one's home or live in; "she resides officially 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" syn: shack, reside, live,
         inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate
     4: come back to; "don't dwell on the past"; "she is always
        harping on the same old things" syn: harp
     also: dwelt
see also:
brood consist lie belong lie in shack 
reside live inhabit people populate 
domicile domiciliate harp dwelt 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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




[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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.
   


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