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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dwell \Dwell\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Dwelled}, usually contracted into {Dwelt} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Dwelling}.] [OE. dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dv["a]ljas to dwell, Dan. dv[ae]le to linger, and to E. dull. See {Dull}, and cf. {Dwale}.]
1. To delay; to linger. [Obs.]
2. To abide; to remain; to continue.
I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. --Shak.
Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. --Wordsworth.
3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside.
The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions. --Peacham.
The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. --C. J. Smith.
{To dwell in}, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. ''My hopes in heaven to dwell.'' --Shak.
{To dwell on} or {To dwell upon}, to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note.
They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement. --Buckminster.
Syn: To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue; stay; rest.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dwelt \Dwelt\, imp. & p. p. of {Dwell}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dwell
verb
1: think moodily or anxiously about something [syn: {brood}]
2: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" [syn: {consist}, {lie}, {belong}, {lie in}]
3: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated" [syn: {shack}, {reside}, {live}, {inhabit}, {people}, {populate}, {domicile}, {domiciliate}]
4: come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" [syn: {harp}] [also: {dwelt}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dwelt See {dwell}
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