dwell : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dwell	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for dwell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dwell v think moodily or anxiously about something [syn: brood, dwell] originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" Synonym(s): dwell, consist, lie, lie in 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" Synonym(s): populate, dwell, live, inhabit exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her mind" Synonym(s): dwell, inhabit come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" Synonym(s): harp, dwell
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dwell \Dwell\, v. t. To inhabit. [R.] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[84]ljas to dwell, Dan. dv[91]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. [bd]My hopes in heaven to dwell.[b8] --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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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.