resided

Made one's home

Resided is the past tense of reside, meaning to live or dwell in a particular place: She resided in Boston for twenty years.

The word is more formal than "lived"—common in legal documents, official records, and biographical writing.

It can also describe where something abstract is located: Authority resided with the council.

inhabit

dwelt

Lived in a place

lived · tenanted · housed · nested · settled · squatted · cohabited · harbored · sheltered · roomed

establish

settled

No longer in question

anchored · ensconced · planted · located · nestled · situated · based · grounded · put down roots · relocated

dwelling

domicile

Permanent legal residence

home · quarters · lodging · apartment · flat · house · cottage · bungalow · villa · manor

temporary

sojourned

Stayed somewhere temporarily

bivouacked · encamped · stopover · transient · posted · billeted · lodged · guested · wintered · summered

Opposites
permanence of stay

residedvisited

Went to see someone

sojourned · passed through · vacationed · stopped by · crashed

presence vs absence

residedvacated

Left a place empty

moved away · departed · left · emigrated · abandoned

Phrases
Family

resident, residence, reside, residents, residential, residency, residences, residing, nonresident

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