Definition of dwell

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Dwell (v. i.) To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside..

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Detail :: Detail (n.) A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
Sojourn :: Sojourn (v. i.) To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry..
Uplander :: Uplander (n.) One dwelling in the upland; hence, a countryman; a rustic..
Shekinah :: Shekinah (n.) The visible majesty of the Divine Presence, especially when resting or dwelling between the cherubim on the mercy seat, in the Tabernacle, or in the Temple of Solomon; -- a term used in the Targums and by the later Jews, and adopted by Christians..
Shebang :: Shebang (n.) A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop.
Midden :: Midden (n.) An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, -- as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places. See Kitchen middens..
Vaginicola :: Vaginicola (n.) A genus of Infusoria which form minute vaselike or tubular cases in which they dwell.
Haft :: Haft (n.) A dwelling.
Circumterraneous :: Circumterraneous (a.) Being or dwelling around the earth.
Liver :: Liver (n.) A resident; a dweller; as, a liver in Brooklyn..
Countryman :: Countryman (n.) One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer..
Threshold :: Threshold (n.) The plank, stone, or piece of timber, which lies under a door, especially of a dwelling house, church, temple, or the like; the doorsill; hence, entrance; gate; door..
House :: House (n.) A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind; but especially, a building or edifice for the habitation of man; a dwelling place, a mansion..
Tenant :: Tenant (n.) One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant.
Stove :: Stove (n.) A house or room artificially warmed or heated; a forcing house, or hothouse; a drying room; -- formerly, designating an artificially warmed dwelling or room, a parlor, or a bathroom, but now restricted, in this sense, to heated houses or rooms used for horticultural purposes or in the processes of the arts..
Lar :: Lar (n.) A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods. Hence, Eng.: Hearth or dwelling house..
Housing :: Housing (n.) The act of putting or receiving under shelter; the state of dwelling in a habitation.
Woodlander :: Woodlander (n.) A dweller in a woodland.
Resident :: Resident (n.) One who resides or dwells in a place for some time.
Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
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