indwellingn.
/ˈɪnˌdwɛlɪŋ/ The action of dwelling in a place; residence. Usually figurative: esp. The abiding of God or the Divine Spirit in the heart or soul.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun]
wonningc960
bewistc1200
livingc1350
lodging1362
habitationc1374
indwellinga1382
dwellingc1384
inhabitinga1400
bidingc1400
inhabitationc1400
residencec1405
mansiona1425
winningc1425
demur1444
abodec1450
resianty1467
demurrance1509
resiance1566
place-being1567
residency1579
resiancy1580
commorancy1586
residing1587
inhabitance1588
abodement1592
commorance1594
habit1603
commoration1623
inwoning1647
inhabitancy1681
habitancy1792
domicile1835
occupying1849
abidal1850
tenancy1856
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. ix. 15 Ertheli indwelling [L. inhabitatio] presseth doun the wit.
c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 282 Indwelling is no more than an vsing.
a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 133 By the Indwelling of God all Objects are infused, and contained within.
1680 T. Lawson Mite into Treasury 18 Her Voice, her Prayers, her Praises, arising from Divine indwellings.
1848 R. I. Wilberforce Incarnation (1852) xi. 275 This passage..they interpreted of an immediate in-dwelling of Godhead in the whole body of mankind.
1887 J. S. Banks Man. Christian Doctr. ii. iv. 210 Sin in its guilt and indwelling is defilement.
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indwellingadj.
a. That dwells within, inhabits, occupies, or possesses. Usually figurative.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > [adjective]
residentc1384
indwelling14..
lentc1400
resiant1433
mansionary1447
inhabitant1526
commorantc1534
demurrant1544
ledger1577
couchant1602
inhabitinga1617
residentiary1640
residenting1650
habitant1856
the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adjective]
propera1325
indwelling14..
resident1525
subsistenta1530
corporate1531
immanent1535
intrinsical?1545
integral1551
inexistent1553
internal1564
subjective1564
insident1583
inward1587
inherent1588
imminent1605
inhering1609
intern1612
subjectory1614
intimate1632
inhesive1639
intrinsic1642
implantate1650
medullary1651
implicit1658
inexisting1678
originala1682
indwelt1855
14.. Chalmerlain Ayr i, in Sc. Stat. I Alswele induellande as furth duelland.
1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant iv. 319 It was not any indwelling power within themselves, by which they did them [those great works].
1799 H. More Strict. Mod. Syst. Fem. Educ. (ed. 4) I. 264 So religion is not an occasional act, but an indwelling principle..from which indeed every act derives all its life.
1880 E. White Certainty in Relig. 87 An assurance..of the indwelling presence of God.
1885 E. Clodd Myths & Dreams ii. vi. 180 The patient is kept without food so as to starve out the indwelling enemy.
b. Medicine. Of a catheter, electrode, or other device: more or less permanently fixed in position either within the body or leading from the interior to the exterior of the body.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other surgical equipment > [adjective] > fixed in position
indwelling1932
1932 W. A. N. Dorland & E. C. L. Miller Med. Dict. (ed. 16) 252/1 Indwelling catheter.
1962 Lancet 5 May 950/1 Infection nearly always followed on drainage by indwelling catheter.
1964 Lancet 26 Dec. 1349/1 All the very immature babies..were fed from birth by indwelling tubes.
1968 Jrnl. Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surg. 55 555 (heading) Thoracic duct cannulation in the dog: a study of thrombotic occlusion of indwelling cannulas.
1972 Amer. Jrnl. Physical Med. 51 113 (title) Electromyographic study of the anterolateral abdominal musculature utilizing indwelling electrodes.
Derivatives
inˈdwellingness n. the quality of indwelling.
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