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dwell

(dwĕl)

intr.v. dwelt (dwĕlt) or dwelled, dwell·ing, dwells

1. To live as a resident; reside.

2. To exist in a given place or state: dwell in joy.

a. To fasten one's attention on something, especially moodily or persistently: kept dwelling on what went wrong. See Synonyms at brood.

b. To speak or write at length; expatiate: dwelt on the need to trim the budget.

[Middle English dwellen, from Old English dwellan, to mislead, delay, dwell.]

dwell′er n.

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dwell

(dwɛl)

vb (intr) , dwells, dwelling, dwelt (dwɛlt) or dwelled

1. formal literary to live as a permanent resident

2. to live (in a specified state): to dwell in poverty.

3. (Mechanical Engineering) a regular pause in the operation of a machine

4. (Mechanical Engineering) a flat or constant-radius portion on a linear or rotary cam enabling the cam follower to remain static for a brief time

[Old English dwellan to seduce, get lost; related to Old Saxon bidwellian to prevent, Old Norse dvelja, Old High German twellen to prevent]

ˈdweller n

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dwell

(dwɛl)

v. dwelt dwelled, dwell•ing. v.i.

1. to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.

2. to exist or continue in a given condition or state.

3. (of a moving tool or machine part) to be motionless for a certain interval during operation.

4. dwell on or upon, to think, speak, or write about at length or with persistence; linger over.

[before 900; Middle English: to lead astray, stun, abide, Old English dwellan to lead or go astray, hinder; c. Old High German twellen, Old Norse dvelja]

dwell′er, n.

dwell

Past participle: dwelled/dwelt
Gerund: dwelling

Imperative
dwell
dwell

Present
I dwell
you dwell
he/she/it dwells
we dwell
you dwell
they dwell

Preterite
I dwelled/dwelt
you dwelled/dwelt
he/she/it dwelled/dwelt
we dwelled/dwelt
you dwelled/dwelt
they dwelled/dwelt

Present Continuous
I am dwelling
you are dwelling
he/she/it is dwelling
we are dwelling
you are dwelling
they are dwelling

Present Perfect
I have dwelled/dwelt
you have dwelled/dwelt
he/she/it has dwelled/dwelt
we have dwelled/dwelt
you have dwelled/dwelt
they have dwelled/dwelt

Past Continuous
I was dwelling
you were dwelling
he/she/it was dwelling
we were dwelling
you were dwelling
they were dwelling

Past Perfect
I had dwelled/dwelt
you had dwelled/dwelt
he/she/it had dwelled/dwelt
we had dwelled/dwelt
you had dwelled/dwelt
they had dwelled/dwelt

Future
I will dwell
you will dwell
he/she/it will dwell
we will dwell
you will dwell
they will dwell

Future Perfect
I will have dwelled/dwelt
you will have dwelled/dwelt
he/she/it will have dwelled/dwelt
we will have dwelled/dwelt
you will have dwelled/dwelt
they will have dwelled/dwelt

Future Continuous
I will be dwelling
you will be dwelling
he/she/it will be dwelling
we will be dwelling
you will be dwelling
they will be dwelling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dwelling
you have been dwelling
he/she/it has been dwelling
we have been dwelling
you have been dwelling
they have been dwelling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dwelling
you will have been dwelling
he/she/it will have been dwelling
we will have been dwelling
you will have been dwelling
they will have been dwelling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dwelling
you had been dwelling
he/she/it had been dwelling
we had been dwelling
you had been dwelling
they had been dwelling

Conditional
I would dwell
you would dwell
he/she/it would dwell
we would dwell
you would dwell
they would dwell

Past Conditional
I would have dwelled/dwelt
you would have dwelled/dwelt
he/she/it would have dwelled/dwelt
we would have dwelled/dwelt
you would have dwelled/dwelt
they would have dwelled/dwelt

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Verb	1.	dwell - think moodily or anxiously about something brood worry, care - be concerned with; "I worry about my grades" dwell on, linger over - delay
	2.	dwell - originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" consist, lie in, lie exist, be - have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
	3.	dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" inhabit, live, populate tenant - occupy as a tenant neighbor, neighbour - live or be located as a neighbor; "the neighboring house" lodge in, occupy, reside - live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" domicile, domiciliate, reside, shack - make one's home in a particular place or community; "may parents reside in Florida" people - furnish with people; "The plains are sparsely populated" overpopulate - cause to have too great a population; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated" cohabit, live together, shack up - share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple lodge - be a lodger; stay temporarily; "Where are you lodging in Paris?" bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent - live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" nest - inhabit a nest, usually after building; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring" be - occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" room, board - live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"
	4.	dwell - exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her mind" inhabit exist, be - have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?"
	5.	dwell - come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" harp ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"

dwell

verb (Formal, literary) live, stay, reside, rest, quarter, settle, lodge, abide, hang out (informal), sojourn, establish yourself He dwells in the mountains.

dwell on or upon something go on about, emphasize (informal), elaborate on, linger over, harp on about, be engrossed in, expatiate on, continue to think about, tarry over I'd rather not dwell on the past.

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dwell

verb

1. To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period:

abide, domicile, house, live, reside.

2. To have an inherent basis:

consist, exist, inhere, lie, repose, reside, rest.

3. To focus the attention on something moodily and at length:

brood, cark, fret, mope, worry.

Informal: stew.

Translations

يَسْكُن

bydletpřebývat

hausen leben verbleiben verweilen wohnen

loĝi

morar habitar

asuaasustaaoleskella

habiter loger presser résider demeurer

eiga heima, dveljast

abitare dimorare risiedere

apsistoti priegyventisutelkti dėmesį į

dzīvot

bo oppholde seg

обитать останавливаться

boleva

oturmak yaşamak

居住

dwell

[dwel] (dwelt (pt, pp)) VI (poet) → morar, vivir

dwell on dwell upon VI + PREP

1. (= think about) → dar vueltas a, pensar obsesivamente en; (= talk about) → insistir en (hablar de)
don't let's dwell upon it → no hay que insistir

2. (= emphasize) → hacer hincapié en; (= lengthen) [+ note, syllable] → alargar, poner énfasis en

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dwell

[ˈdwɛl] [dwelt] (pt, pp) vi → demeurer

dwell on

vt fus [+ memory, idea] → s'éterniser sur

dwell

pret, ptp <dwelt>

(liter: = live) → weilen (geh), → leben, wohnen

(fig) the memory dwelt in his mind → die Erinnerung haftete in seinem Gedächtnis

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dwell

[dwɛl] (dwelt (pt, pp)) vi (poetic) → dimorare

dwell (up)on vi + prep (think about) → rimuginare; (talk about) → soffermarsi su, indugiare su; (subj, conversation) → aggirarsi su
don't let's dwell upon it → non insistiamo su questo punto

dwell

(dwel) – past tense, past participles dwelt (-t) , dwelled – verb

to live (in a place). She dwelt in the middle of a dark forest.

ˈdwelling noun

a house, flat etc.

dwell on

to think or speak about something for a long time. It isn't a good thing to dwell on your problems.

References in classic literature ?

Justly thou abhorr'st That Son, who on the quiet state of men Such trouble brought, affecting to subdue Rational Libertie; yet know withall, Since thy original lapse, true Libertie Is lost, which alwayes with right Reason dwells Twinn'd, and from her hath no dividual being: Reason in man obscur'd, or not obeyd, Immediately inordinate desires And upstart Passions catch the Government From Reason, and to servitude reduce Man till then free.

Accept me, and in mee from these receave The smell of peace toward Mankinde, let him live Before thee reconcil'd, at least his days Numberd, though sad, till Death, his doom (which I To mitigate thus plead, not to reverse) To better life shall yeeld him, where with mee All my redeemd may dwell in joy and bliss, Made one with me as I with thee am one.

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I revel in flowers without let, An atom at random in space; My soul dwells in regions ethereal, And the world is my dreaming-place.

It dwells in the quiet silence, Unseen upon hill and plain,

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But the other is the elder daughter of dark Night, and the son of Cronos who sits above and dwells in the aether, set her in the roots of the earth: and she is far kinder to men.

109-120) First of all the deathless gods who dwell on Olympus made a golden race of mortal men who lived in the time of Cronos when he was reigning in heaven.

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With him there came forty ships of the Locrians who dwell beyond Euboea.

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Ah, that I might again dwell in that enchanted land!

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To wait at Monte Cristo for the purpose of watching like a dragon over the almost incalculable richs that had thus fallen into his possession satisfied not the cravings of his heart, which yearned to return to dwell among mankind, and to assume the rank, power, and influence which are always accorded to wealth -- that first and greatest of all the forces within the grasp of man.

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And the people - ah, the people - They that dwell up in the steeple, All alone, And who, tolling, tolling, tolling, In that muffled monotone, Feel a glory in so rolling On the human heart a stone - They are neither man nor woman - They are neither brute nor human - They are Ghouls: - And their king it is who tolls: - And he rolls, rolls, rolls, rolls, Rolls

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"We are sending you, dear flowers, Forth alone to die, Where your gentle sisters may not weep O'er the cold graves where you lie; But you go to bring them fadeless life In the bright homes where they dwell, And you softly smile that 't is so, As we sadly sing farewell.

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Amongst peoples of a strange language did I dwell, with stopped ears: so that the language of their trafficking might remain strange unto me, and their bargaining for power.