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May 26, 2012
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Synonyms for dwell

Verb

1. brood, dwell, worry, care, dwell on
usage: think moodily or anxiously about something
2. dwell, consist, lie, belong, lie in, exist, be
usage: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
3. dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate, be
usage: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"
4. harp, dwell, repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
usage: come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
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