dwell

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Moreover we won this city in which we dwell, which is not under the dominion of any man in the world, save only my Lord the King Don Alfonso, and that rather by reason of our natural allegiance than of anything else.

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  1. intransitive verb To live as a resident; reside.
  2. intransitive verb To exist in a given place or state: dwell in joy.
  3. intransitive verb To fasten one's attention: kept dwelling on what went wrong. See Synonyms at brood.
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  • That is the place where he must dwell, the man who loses love. —  PoetryFoundation.org
  • "Lodge them (the divorced women) where you dwell, according to your means" [al-Talaaq 65: 6] 2. —  Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions
  • The planet is described as having high treetops where the Amanin dwell, as well as plains.
  • Rather than dwell, the 48-year-old, who would have become the oldest winner in major history had he triumphed at Augusta, says he's now turning his attention to the rest of the year.
  • For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. —  Pursuing Holiness
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mansion ·  cottage ·  dwelling ·  abide ·  palace ·  apartment ·  lodge ·  building ·  inn ·  edifice ·  tomb ·  barn

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dwell:   dwelling ·  dwelt ·  dwelled ·  dwells
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  1. Middle English dwellen, from Old English dwellan, to mislead, delay, dwell.

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  1. from Middle English dwellen (preterit dwellede, dwelede, dwelde, dwalde, dwelte, dwelt), intransitive linger, remain, stay, abide, dwell, also err, transitive mislead; from Anglo-Saxon (a) dwellan (preterit dwealde), transitive, mislead, deceive, hinder, prevent; (b) dwelian (also in comp. gedwelian and ādwelian) (preterit dwelede, dwelode), transitive mislead, deceive, intransitive err, wander; (c) dwelian (preterit dwelode), intransitive, remain, dwell (rare in this sense); (d) dwolian, rarely dwalian, comp. gedwolian, intransitive, err, wander; = Dutch dwalen, err, = Middle Low German dwelen, dwalen, err, be foolish, Low German dwalen, intransitive err, transitive mislead, cheat, = Old Saxon bi-dwelian, hinder, delay, = Old High German twaljan, twellan, Middle High German twellen, twelen, transitive hinder, delay, intransitive linger, wait, = Icelandic dvelja, intransitive wait, tarry, transitive delay, defer, reflexive dveljask, stay, make a stay, = Swedish dväljas, intransitive, dwell, = Danish dvœle, intransitive, linger, loiter; all secondary verbs, more or less mixed in forms and senses, and with numerous derivatives, ult. from the strong verb represented by Anglo-Saxon *dwelan (preterit *dwal, *dwol, past participle gedwolen), mislead, cause to err (past participle as adjective, perverse, erring), = Old Saxon for-dwelan, neglect, = Old High German ar-twelan, become dull, stupid, or lifeless, ga-twelan, stop, sleep (not in Gothic (Moesogothic) except as in deriv. dwals, stupid, foolish, etc.: see dull); prob. from a root representing by Sanskrit √ dhvar, bend or make crooked. See dwale, dull, dolt.
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