Both Uses of
dwell
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- You could imagine you were dwelling in marble halls, couldn't you?
p. 12.1 *dwelling = living (or making a home in)
- Her eyes dwelt affectionately on Green Gables, peering through its network of trees and reflecting the sunlight back from its windows in several little coruscations of glory.
p. 208.7 *dwelt = lingered (looked at for a prolonged period)
Definitions:
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(1)
(dwell as in: Don't dwell on it.) to think, communicate, or let attention stay on (or return to) something for a prolonged period
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(2)
(dwell as in: It dwells in the forest.) make one's home in; or to live in; or to stay (in a place)
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(3)
(dwelling as in: a modest dwelling) a house or shelter in which someone lives