indwell
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈdwɛl/
Verb
indwell (third-person singular simple present indwells, present participle indwelling, simple past and past participle indwelled or indwelt)
- To exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.
- 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity:
- The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 224:
- Diodore and Theodore were particularly galvanized to defend their point of view by their horror at Apollinaris's assertion that Christ was indwelled by the Logos, which replaced a human mind in him.
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