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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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