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indwell, v.|ˌɪnˈdwɛl|
Pa. tense and pple. indwelt.
[f. in-1 + dwell; in Wyclif rendering L. inhabitāre.]
1. trans. To dwell in, inhabit, occupy as a dwelling; also fig. To live in, occupy, or possess, as a spirit or principle may inhabit a body.
1382Wyclif Ps. xxxvi[i]. 3 Hope in the Lord, and do goodnesse; and indwelle thou [Vulg. inhabita] the erthe. 17..Fumbler's Rant in Herd Collect. Sc. Songs (1776) II. 46 We aw him nought but a grey groat, Thy off'ring for the house we in-dwell. 1839Bailey Festus xiii. (1848) 120 Living clouds Indwelt by warrior souls. 1871Blackie Four Phases i. 94 The Intelligence which indwelleth the whole of things. 1882H. S. Holland Logic & Life (1885) 124 The body..which man's spirit takes and inhabits..and indwells.
2. intr. To dwell, abide, have one's abode (in). Also fig.
1382Wyclif Job x. 22 Wher shadewe of deth, and noon order, but fulli indwellith euere durende orrour. 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. Introd. ii. 31 Let the word of Christ indwell in you richly in all wisdome. Not be, but dwell with you: not dwell with you, but dwell in you, yea indwell in you. 1846Trench Mirac. Introd. (1862) 37 He is not asking for a power not indwelling in Him. 1861J. G. Sheppard Fall Rome xiii. 692 The secret principle of life indwelling in its formal type.
Hence ˈinˌdwelt ppl. a. (the pa. pple. is indwelt).
1855Milman Lat. Chr. xiv. ii. (1864) IX. 56 The Holy Ghost became a Dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form. |