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dwell on

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dwell on or upon
Verb
to think, speak, or write at length about (something)
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Verb1.dwell on - delay
linger over
hesitate, waffle, waver - pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
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109-120) First of all the deathless gods who dwell on Olympus made a golden race of mortal men who lived in the time of Cronos when he was reigning in heaven.
Collection Of Hesiod, Homer and Homerica by Homer View in context
When I came to the seventh verse she interrupted me, and, with needless apologies for such a liberty, desired me to read it very slowly, that she might take it all in, and dwell on every word; hoping I would excuse her, as she was but a 'simple body.
Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context
The negro reined in his impatient steeds, and time was given Elizabeth to dwell on a scene which was so rapidly altering under the hands of man, that it only resembled in its outlines the picture she had so often studied with delight in childhood.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
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