dwell upon

Variant of dwell

intransitive verb dwelt or dwelled, dwelling

to make one's home; reside; live

Origin: ME dwellen < OE dwellan, to lead astray, hinder, akin to ON dvelja, to delay < IE *dh(e)wel-, to obscure, make dull

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