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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
dwell .
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Examples
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The Name dwells in us as its temple and there the divine presence transmutes and Christifies us.
Scott Cairns: Mysteries Of The Jesus Prayer Scott Cairns 2011
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The Name dwells in us as its temple and there the divine presence transmutes and Christifies us.
Scott Cairns: Mysteries Of The Jesus Prayer Scott Cairns 2011
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Really Desperate goes to even bigger suite of offices wherein dwells DCC Absolutely-Desperate - to - be - a - Chief.
IPCC To Investigate Barwell Deaths « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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McCain dwells on past history because he has no future.
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Baba Phuntsok Wangyal, one of the foremost Tibetan communist leaders, in his recent biography published in English dwells at length on the need to meet the interests of the Tibetan people.
2005 2005
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Baba Phuntsok Wangyal, one of the foremost Tibetan communist leaders, in his recent biography published in English dwells at length on the need to meet the interests of the Tibetan people.
2005 2005
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“The sixth,” said the Palmer, after a pause, in which he seemed to recollect himself, “was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honourable company, less to aid their enterprise than to make up their number — his name dwells not in my memory.”
Ivanhoe 2004
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Cedric's request the Pilgrim told out the names of the English knights, only pausing at the sixth to say -- "he was a young knight -- his name dwells not in my memory."
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction Various 1910
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"His name dwells not in my memory," he said; "but he was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank."
The Junior Classics — Volume 5 William Patten 1902
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` ` The sixth, '' said the Palmer, after a pause, in which he seemed to recollect himself, ` ` was a young knight of lesser renown and lower rank, assumed into that honourable company, less to aid their enterprise than to make up their number --- his name dwells not in my memory. ''
Ivanhoe 1892
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