dwell
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dʰwel-der.
Proto-Germanic *dwalaz
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Germanic *-janą
Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną
Proto-West Germanic *dwalljan
Old English dwellan
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Old Norse dveljainflu.
Middle English dwellen
English dwell
From Middle English dwellen (“delay, live, remain, persist”), from Old English dwellan (“to mislead, deceive; be led into error, stray”), from Proto-Germanic *dwaljaną (“to hold up, delay; hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwelH- (“to whirl, swirl, blur, obfuscate”), which is cognate with Old Norse dvelja and related to Proto-Germanic *dwelaną (“to go astray”), which underwent semantic change in its descendants. Cognates include Danish dvæle (“to linger, dwell”) and Swedish dväljas (“to dwell, reside”).
Inflected forms:
form: dwells
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: dwells
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dwelling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: dwelt
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: dwelt
pos: verb
tags: past
form: dwelled
pos: verb
tags: US
participle
past
form: dwelled
pos: verb
tags: US
past
Senses:
gloss: A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
pos: noun
gloss: A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
pos: noun
gloss: A planned delay in a timed control program.
pos: noun
gloss: In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).
pos: noun
gloss: To live; to reside.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
literary
examples: I am fully resolved to go dwell in another house.
The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides.
Well, since my baby left me,
Well, I found a new place to dwell.
Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street
At Heartbreak Hotel.
gloss: To linger (on); to remain fixated.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Stop dwelling on the past!
So it came about that long ere Ailie reached home it was on young Heriotside that her mind dwelled, and it was the love of him that made her eyes glow and her cheeks redden.
Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.
Corporal Jenkins: They're always getting dropped into impossible situations. Forced to survive unbeatable odds. Just like you on Akuze!
Shepard: Fifty marines died there, Jenkins.
Corporal Jenkins: Sorry, Commander. I-- I didn't mean to offend you. I respect what you did there. We all do.
Doctor Chakwas: Let's not dwell on the past, Commander. Was there something else you needed?
Middlesbrough will wonder whether it might have been different if the volley that Jelle Vossen slashed towards John Ruddy’s net after nine minutes had been a couple inches lower rather than clanging off the crossbar. They should not dwell on that moment too long, however.
gloss: To be in a given state.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
gloss: To abide; to remain; to continue.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: My liefe (ſayd ſhe) ye know, that long ygo, / Whileſt ye in durance dwelt, ye to me gaue / A little mayde, the which ye chylded tho ; / The ſame againe if now ye liſt to haue, / The ſame is yonder Lady, whom high God did ſaue.
I'll rather dwell in my necessity.
Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.
Related words: dwelling
dwell on
dwell upon
abide
live
reside
stay
Derived words: bedwell
bottom-dwelling
dwellable
dweller
dwell time
indwell
mud-dwelling
outdwell
surface-dwelling
undwelled
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