indwell

American  

[in-dwel] / ɪnˈdwɛl /

verb (used with object)

indwelt, indwelling

1. to inhabit.

2. to possess (a person), as a moral principle or motivating force.

   compassion that indwells the heart.

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verb (used without object)

indwelt, indwelling

1. to dwell (usually followed byin ).

2. to abide within, as a guiding force, motivating principle, etc. (usually followed byin ).

   a divine spirit indwelling in nature and the universe.

indwell British  

/ ɪnˈdwɛl /

verb

1. (tr) (of a spirit, principle, etc) to inhabit; suffuse

2. (intr) to dwell; exist

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Other Word Forms

• indweller noun

Etymology

Origin of indwell

First recorded in 1350–1400, indwell is from the Middle English word indwellen. See in- ¹, dwell

Example Sentences

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 Meyer, F. B. (Frederick Brotherton)

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

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)

Related Words

• locate
• occupy
• populate
• possess
• reside