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Word: Dwell
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Old English dwellan ‘lead astray, hinder, delay’ (in Middle English‘tarry, remain in a place’), of Germanic origin; related to Middle Dutch dwellen ‘stun, perplex’ and Old Norse dvelja ‘delay, tarry, stay’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dwɛl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
live in or at a specified place
Short Definition:live in a place
Examples:- groups of people still dwell in these caves
- bottom-dwelling fish
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