Antonyms for dwell

Grammar : Verb

Spell : dwel

Phonetic Transcription : dwɛl

Definition of dwell

Origin : Old English dwellan "to mislead, deceive," originally "to make a fool of, lead astray," from Proto-Germanic *dwaljanan (cf. Old Norse dvöl "delay," dvali "sleep;" Middle Dutch dwellen "to stun, make giddy, perplex;" Old High German twellen "to hinder, delay;" Danish dvale "trance, stupor," dvaelbær "narcotic berry," source of Middle English dwale "nightshade"), from PIE *dhwel-, from root *dheu- (1) "dust, cloud, vapor, smoke" (and related notions of "defective perception or wits").
Related to Old English gedweola "error, heresy, madness." Sense shifted in Middle English through "hinder, delay," to "linger" (c.1200, as still in phrase to dwell upon), to "make a home" (mid-13c.). Related: Dwelled; dwelt; dwells.

verb live in

Example sentences :

It is not necessary to dwell on every incident of this terrible journey.
Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest

Never, while she lived, would she dwell beneath John Lambert's roof again.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Would that I could dwell always in these momentary gleams of light!
Extract from : « The Christmas Banquet (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The unity of all who dwell in freedom is their only sure defense.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

I dwell on the subject only because of its bearing on the love of God.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

But there is no need to dwell further on these and similar conjectures.
Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza

I dwell in my sky-parlor and become Jupiter the while, ad libitum.
Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke

As the silence continued unbroken, there was time to dwell on this thought.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

The bank on which I should like to dwell—do you not guess it?
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 2, April 9, 1870 » by Various

But he thanked them and said No, for in Spain he had suffered too much to dwell there.
Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

Synonyms for dwell

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