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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Abode :: Abode (n.) Place of continuance, or where one dwells; abiding place; residence; a dwelling; a habitation..
Home :: Home (a.) Of or pertaining to one's dwelling or country; domestic; not foreign; as home manufactures; home comforts.
Eavesdropping :: Eavesdropping (n.) The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law..
Home :: Home (n.) One's native land; the place or country in which one dwells; the place where one's ancestors dwell or dwelt.
Shebang :: Shebang (n.) A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop.
House :: House (n.) Those who dwell in the same house; a household.
Indwell :: Indwell (v. t. & i.) To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.
Phalanstery :: Phalanstery (n.) The dwelling house of a Fourierite community.
Dwelling :: Dwelling (n.) Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.
Habitakle :: Habitakle (v.) A dwelling place.
Peristyle :: Peristyle (n.) A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade..
Bide :: Bide (v. t.) To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
Detail :: Detail (n.) A narrative which relates minute points; an account which dwells on particulars.
Place :: Place (n.) A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country..
Habitation :: Habitation (n.) Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
Household :: Household (n.) Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a family.
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..
Settle :: Settle (v. i.) To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain..
Hamesucken :: Hamesucken (n.) The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling house.
Inhabitant :: Inhabitant (n.) One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state..
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