Part 589

I 'll rather dwell in my necessity.

Shak.

Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.

Wordsworth.

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

The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions.

Peacham.

The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides.

C. J. Smith.

To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. "My hopes in heaven to dwell." Shak. -- To dwell on or 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.

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.

Dwell (?), v. t. To inhabit. [R.] Milton.

Dwell"er (?), n. An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller. "Dwellers at Jerusalem." Acts i. 19.

Dwell"ing, n. Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile.

Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons.

Jer. xlix. 33.

God will deign To visit oft the dwellings of just men.

Milton.

Philip's dwelling fronted on the street.

Tennyson.

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.

Dwelt (?), imp. & p. p.of Dwell.

Dwin"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dwindled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dwindling (?).] [From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away, AS. dwnan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish, Icel. dvna to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is added to the root with a diminutive force.] To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away.

Weary sennights nine times nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine.

Shak.

Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs.