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dwell  (dwl)

intr.v. dwelt (dwlt) or dwelled, dwell·ing, dwells

1. To live as a resident; reside.

2. To exist in a given place or state: dwell in joy.

3.

a. To fasten one's attention: kept dwelling on what went wrong. See Synonyms at brood.

b. To speak or write at length; expatiate: dwelt on the need to trim the budget.

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[Middle English dwellen, from Old English dwellan, to mislead, delay, dwell.]

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dweller n.

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dwell

Verb

[dwelling, dwelt] or dwelled Formal, literary to live as a permanent resident [Old English dwellan to seduce, get lost]

dweller n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	dwell - think moodily or anxiously about something brood worry, care - be concerned with; "I worry about my grades" dwell on, linger over - delay
	2.	dwell - originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" consist, lie in, lie exist, be - have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
	3.	dwell - 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" inhabit, live, populate tenant - occupy as a tenant neighbor, neighbour - live or be located as a neighbor; "the neighboring house" lodge in, occupy, reside - live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" domicile, domiciliate, reside, shack - make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida" people - furnish with people; "The plains are sparsely populated" overpopulate - cause to have too great a population; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated" cohabit, live together, shack up - share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple lodge - be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?" bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent - live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" nest - inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring" be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" room, board - live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"
	4.	dwell - exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her mind" inhabit exist, be - have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
	5.	dwell - come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" harp ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"

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dwell

verb (Formal), (literary) live, stay, reside, rest, quarter, settle, lodge, abide, hang out (informal) sojourn, establish yourself

dwell on or upon something go on about, emphasize (informal) elaborate on, linger over, harp on about, be engrossed in, expatiate on, continue to think about, tarry over

Translations

dwell [dwɛl] [pt, pp dwelt] [dwɛlt] vi → morar

dwell on vt fus → explayarse en

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dwell [dwelt , pt, pp ] [dwɛl, dwɛlt] vi → demeurer

dwell on vt fus → s'étendre sur

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dwell [dwɛl] [dwelt , pt, pp ] vi → wohnen, leben

dwell on dwell vt fus → (in Gedanken) verweilen bei

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dwell [pt dwelt, pp ] [dwɛl, dwɛlt] vi → dimorare

dwell on vt fus → indugiare su