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
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 F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
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 F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
I marked her ruined hues, Her custom-straitened views, And asked, "Can there indwell My Amabel?"
From Wessex Poems and Other Verses by Thomas Hardy
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)
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
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
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
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
Condescension, therefore, closes us to the possibility of being indwelt by the Spirit and from being the instruments of love.
From Herein is Love A Study of the Biblical Doctrine of Love in Its Bearing on Personality, Parenthood, Teaching, and All Other Human Relationships. by Reuel L. Howe
He taught them that they were indwelt by the Holy Spirit.
From Have We No Rights? A frank discussion of the "rights" of missionaries by Mabel Williamson
They that keep His words and are indwelt of His Spirit—these, dear Mother, are the Church of God, and to them is the truth promised.”
From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
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 A. J. (Adoniram Judson) Gordon
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