v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dwelled usually contracted into Dwelt (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Dwelling. ] [ OE. dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dväljas to dwell, Dan. dvæle to linger, and to E. dull. See Dull, and cf. Dwale. ] 1. To delay; to linger. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To abide; to remain; to continue. [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside. [ 1913 Webster ]

The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. “My hopes in heaven to dwell.” Shak. --
To dwell on or
To dwell upon, to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note. [ 1913 Webster ] They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement. Buckminster.

Syn. -- To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue; stay; rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inhabit. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller. “Dwellers at Jerusalem.” Acts i. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jer. xlix. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

God will deign
To visit oft the dwellings of just men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building. --
Dwelling place, place of residence. [ 1913 Webster ]