Definition of Dwell

v. i.1.To delay; to linger.
2.To abide; to remain; to continue.
I 'll rather dwell in my necessity.
- Shak.
Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.
- Wordsworth.
3.To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside.
The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions.
- Peacham.
To dwell in
to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on.
To dwell on
to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note.
- Shak.
v. t.1.To inhabit.


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