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indwell

UK/ɪnˈdwɛl/

indwell verb: to exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.

Verb

indwell (third-person singular simple present indwells, present participle indwelling, simple past and past participle indwelled or indwelt)

  1. (transitive) To exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.
    • The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form.1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity
    • “They made figures of brass, and tried to induce souls to indwell them.”1917, Aleister Crowley, Moonchild, Weiser, published 2010, page 108

indwell meaning in Urdu

indwell in Urdu

اندر رہنا, سمانا

Forms of indwell

third-person singular presentindwells
present participleindwelling
past participleindwelled
pastindwelled
past participleindwelt
pastindwelt

Origin of indwell

From in- + dwell.

Words formed from indwell

Words that rhyme with indwell

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Questions about indwell

What does indwell mean?
Indwell means to exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.
What is indwell in Urdu?
Indwell in Urdu is اندر رہنا, سمانا. See Indwell meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is indwell?
Indwell is a verb.
How do you pronounce indwell?
Indwell is pronounced /ɪnˈdwɛl/ (UK).
What is the past tense of indwell?
The past tense of indwell is indwelled.

Words near indwell in the dictionary

  1. industrywise
  2. indutive
  3. induviae
  4. induvial
  5. induviate
  6. indwell
  7. indwelled
  8. indweller
  9. indwellers
  10. indwelleth
  11. indwelling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: indwell (page history and authors); indwell (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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