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Meanings of dwell in English

Portuguese
existir
Spanish
residir

Originate (in)

        existir
        Portuguese
        viver
        Catalan
        residir
        Spanish
        habitar

        Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.

              Related terms
              viver
              Portuguese
              estar hospedado
              Catalan
              afligir-se

              Think moodily or anxiously about something.

                    Related terms
                    estar hospedado
                    Spanish
                    seguir en

                    Come back to.

                          seguir en
                          Usage of dwell in English
                          1
                          And he made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tabernacles.
                          The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
                          2
                          The truth does not dwell in the letter but in the spirit.
                          Bunyan Characters (2nd Series)
                          3
                          For I am the Lord that dwell among the children of Israel.
                          The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
                          4
                          Results: The median dwell time of the retained stents was 39 months.
                          Pubmed
                          5
                          But he had decided long ago not to dwell on the past.
                          Beneath a southern sky
                          6
                          I didn't want time to dwell on the task ahead of me.
                          The Guardian
                          7
                          The Government does not build the houses in which the people dwell.
                          Thrift
                          8
                          Feel what beauty and holiness dwell in the Customary and the Old.
                          Zanoni
                          9
                          I have been in medicine too long to dwell on the future.
                          The Guardian
                          10
                          And she answered: I dwell in the midst of my own people.
                          The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
                          11
                          I'd rather dwell more on the book because it goes into detail.
                          Ebony
                          12
                          All the moral beings that dwell in it compose one immortal family.
                          The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a...
                          13
                          Yet let us not dwell too much on what might have been.
                          The Guardian
                          14
                          Then the prophet was taken up also to dwell in the moon.
                          The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai
                          15
                          That the gods might dwell in the place dear to their heart.
                          The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
                          16
                          The new machines of smart light would dwell inside this lighthouse tower.
                          Wired
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                          Translations for dwell
                          Dwell through the time
                          Dwell across language varieties
                          United Kingdom
                          Common
                          United States of America
                          Less common
                          Ireland
                          Less common