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dwelleth

dwelleth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dwell.

Meaning of dwell

Verb

dwell (third-person singular simple present dwells, present participle dwelling, simple past and past participle dwelt or (chiefly US) dwelled)

  1. (intransitive, literary) To live; to reside.
    • I am fully resolved to go dwell in another house.1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman
  2. (intransitive) To linger (on); to remain fixated.
    • Stop dwelling on the past!
  3. (intransitive) To be in a given state.
  4. (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.
    • 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.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 17, page 512

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Dwelleth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dwell.

Words near dwelleth in the dictionary

  1. dwelled
  2. dwelled upon
  3. dweller
  4. dwellers
  5. dwellest
  6. dwelleth
  7. dwelling
  8. dwelling house
  9. dwelling houses
  10. dwelling place
  11. dwelling places

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