indwell
Americanverb (used with object)
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to inhabit.
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to possess (a person), as a moral principle or motivating force.
compassion that indwells the heart.
verb (used without object)
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to dwell (usually followed byin ).
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to abide within, as a guiding force, motivating principle, etc. (usually followed byin ).
a divine spirit indwelling in nature and the universe.
verb
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(tr) (of a spirit, principle, etc) to inhabit; suffuse
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(intr) to dwell; exist
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Etymology
Origin of indwell
First recorded in 1350–1400, indwell is from the Middle English word indwellen. See in- 1, dwell
Example Sentences
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Soon after this Therem left his Domain, saying that he wished to indwell at Rotherer Fastness for a time, and he did not return to Stok until a year had passed.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
I marked her ruined hues, Her custom-straitened views, And asked, "Can there indwell My Amabel?"
From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas
It is in, and with, and through the Son, and by the Spirit, that the Father comes to indwell.
From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)
Alack-a-day when I did leave Those gilded halls where beauty did indwell.
From 'A Comedy of Errors' in Seven Acts by Spokeshave (AKA Old Fogy)
Not more surely had the Shechinah dwelt in the tabernacle of old, than did it indwell His nature, though too thickly shrouded to be seen by ordinary and casual eyes.
From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)
Within 10 hours, he was in the ER, having an indwelling catheter placed because he could not empty his bladder.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2013
It was a spiritual force once, but the indwelling spirit will have to be restated if it is to calm the waters again, and probably restated in a non-Christian form.''
From Time Magazine Archive
The Call's music is not retrograde or nostalgic, but it does hearken heavily to the indwelling mysteries that Dylan and the Band and Van Morrison also heard.
From Time Magazine Archive
They staked their faith on "the indwelling of God in man," declared that modern scientific discoveries are not antagonistic with Jewish doctrine, saluted Christianity and Islam as daughter religions of Judaism.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Cherangani Hills appeared in the distance, a line of mountains on the edge of the Rift, humpy and green, crushed under an indwelling sweep of rain clouds.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
“I was brought up in the Handdara, and indwelt two years at Rotherer Fastness. In Kerm Land most people of the Inner Hearths are Handdarata.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
This ideal of personality, divinely indwelt, created a sense of personal duty, even in opposition to all men.
From Quaker Hill A Sociological Study by Wilson, Warren H. (Warren Hugh)
But now an ecclesia, an outgathering, was to be made to constitute the mystical body of Christ, incorporated into him the Head and indwelt by him through the Holy Ghost.
From The Ministry of the Spirit by Gordon, A. J. (Adoniram Judson)
Nevertheless, it is according to literal Scripture that the body of the faithful is indwelt by the divine Spirit.
From The Ministry of the Spirit by Gordon, A. J. (Adoniram Judson)
Oh, the rapture mingled with reverential, holy fear—for it is a rapturous, yet divinely fearful thing—to be indwelt by the Holy Ghost, to be a temple of the Living God!
From When the Holy Ghost is Come by Brengle, Col. S. L.
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