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dwell
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[ verb ] think moodily or anxiously about something
Used in print (Howard Nemerov, "Themes and Methods: The Early...)It is worth dwelling in some detail on the crisis of this story , because it brings_together a number of characteristic elements and makes of them a curious , riddling compound obscurely but centrally significant for Mann 's work . |
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[ verb ] originate (in)
Examples "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country" Used in print (The Wall Street Journal,...)They dwell , in_short , in the doltish twilight in_which peasants and serfs of the past are commonly reported to have lived . (Herald Press Tracts, Scottdale, Pa....)To have Christ dwelling through faith in your hearts . (Charles Glicksberg, "Sex in Contemporary Literature"...)Lawrence_Lipton , in The Holy_Barbarians , stresses that for the beat_generation sex is more_than a source of pleasure ; it is a mystique , and their private language is rich_in the multivalent ambiguities of sexual reference so_that they dwell in a sexualized universe_of_discourse . |
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[ verb ] (housing) make one's home or live in
Examples "There are only 250,000 people 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" Used in print (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)`` There is a spark dwells deep within my soul . |
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