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dwelldwell /dwɛl/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle dwelled or dwelt /dwɛlt/) [intransitive] literary ETYMOLOGYdwellOrigin: Old English dwellan VERB TABLEdwell |
| Present | I, you, we, they | dwell | | he, she, it | dwells | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dwelt, dwelled | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dwelt, dwelled | | he, she, it | has dwelt, dwelled | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dwelt, dwelled | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dwell | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dwelt, dwelled |
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| Present | I | am dwelling | | he, she, it | is dwelling | | you, we, they | are dwelling | | Past | I, he, she, it | was dwelling | | you, we, they | were dwelling | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dwelling | | he, she, it | has been dwelling | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dwelling | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dwelling | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dwelling |
THESAURUSin a place/home► live to have your home in a particular place: Where do you live? Boston is a great place to live. ► reside formal to live in a particular country, city, etc.: The artist is from New Jersey but now resides in Florida. ► stay to live in a place for a short time: We stayed with my grandparents for two weeks. ► settle to begin to live in a new place, especially when you have come a long way to live there: Large numbers of German immigrants settled in what is now Ohio and Indiana. ► occupy formal to live in or use a building. Used especially in legal or official language: All of the units in the apartment building are currently occupied. ► inhabit if a group of people or animals inhabit a place, they live there. Used especially in scientific writing: Alligators inhabit the southeastern United States. ► dwell to live in a particular place. Used in stories and literary writing: The knight left the kingdom alone to dwell in the forest for the rest of his days. to live in a particular place: A woodsman dwelled in the middle of the forest.► see thesaurus at live1dwell on/upon something phrasal verb to think or talk for too long about something, especially something unpleasant: Quit dwelling on the past. |