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Indwell

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

verb-intransitive. To exist as an animating or divine inner spirit, force, or principle.

verb-intransitive. To be located or implanted inside something.

v. To inhabit or reside within as such a spirit, force, or principle.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle

Word Usage

"The love that is God ad intra consists precisely in how the Persons mutually inhere or indwell, which is something our minds can perceive only dimly and indirectly, by analogy, even as we are called to participate in it as children of God."

Verb Form

indwelling indwells indwelt

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

exist be

Variant

indwelt

Form

indwelt indwelling

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

inhabit inhere