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indwelling

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in·dwell·ing  (ndwlng)
adj.
1. Dwelling or residing within.
2. Placed or implanted within the body, as a catheter or electrode.
n.
An inner presence, as of a spirit or power.
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Adj.1.indwelling - existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle; "an indwelling divinity"; "an indwelling goodness"
inward - relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; "a concern with inward reflections"


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It is to this indwelling, this universally diffused perception of what is just and noble, that the integrity of the Marquesans in their intercourse with each other, is to be attributed.
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The remote, indwelling expression went out of his eyes as he boomed
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