dwell

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdwelldwell /dwel/ ●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる verb (past tense and past participle dwelt /dwelt/ or dwelled) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] LIVE SOMEWHERE literary to live in a particular place They dwelt in the forest. → dwell on/upon something → See Verb table Examples from the Corpusdwell• The Lord in his glory had actually come to dwell amongst his people.• Each country has its own geography where the spirit dwells and where physical force can never conquer even an inch of ground.• I am suspicious of gods who dwell benignly in heavens, immutable and supreme.• A woodsman and his family dwelt in the middle of the forest.• He had certainly never bothered to dwell much before on what the moon saw as it climbed.• But in her writing and speeches Shaughnessy did not dwell on this problem; perhaps that was a necessary part of salesmanship.• They force the reader to slow down, to dwell or brood on what is happening.Origin dwell Old English dwellan

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Verb table

dwell

Simple Form

Present

I, you, we, they dwell

he, she, it dwells

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Past

I, you, he, she, it, we, they dweltdwelled

Present perfect

I, you, we, they have dwelt

he, she, it has dwelt

Past perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they had dwelt

Future

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will dwell

Future perfect

I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have dwelt

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Continuous Form

Present

I am dwelling

he, she, it is dwelling

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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

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