indwell

present singular third person indwells · participle present indwelling · participle past indwelled · past indwelled · participle past indwelt · past indwelt

1. transitiveTo exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.

   “They made figures of brass, and tried to induce souls to indwell them.”

   1917, Aleister Crowley, Moonchild, Weiser, published 2010, page 108

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   The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form.

   1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity

   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.

   2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 224