dwelt

Made a home

Dwelt is the past tense and past participle of dwell, meaning to live or reside somewhere: They dwelt in a small cottage by the sea.

The form is more common in British English and literary contexts; Americans typically prefer dwelled.

To dwell on something is to think about it at length: She dwelt on the mistakes of her past.

archaic

abode

Place of residence

biblical · literary · poetic · King James · Elizabethan · antiquated · formal · scriptural · classical · traditional

resided

inhabited

Having occupants within

abided · lodged · stayed · quartered · housed · domiciled · tenanted · nested · rooted · established

reflected

pondered

Thought deeply about

ruminated · brooded · fixated · focused · concentrated · mulled · considered · thought · reflected · obsessed

lingered

remained

Stayed in place

continued · persisted · endured · loitered · hovered · paused · bided · rested · waited · stopped

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duration of stay

dweltvisited

Went to see someone

passed through · sojourned · stopped by · wandered · roamed

manner of occupation

dweltwandered

Moved without fixed course

roamed · roving · drifted · migrated · traveled

mental focus

dweltdismissed

Released from duty

let go · moved on · ignored · overlooked · forgot

Phrases
Family

dwell, dwelling, dweller, dwellers, dwells, dwellings, dwelled, indwelling

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