Definitions for dwelt

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IPA: /dwɛlt/

Dwelt is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in dwelt (deltw).

Definitions for dwelt

noun

1. Machinery. a flat or cylindrical area on a cam for maintaining a follower in a certain position during part of a cycle. a period in a cycle in the operation of a machine or engine during which a given part remains motionless.

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of dwell.

verb (used without object)

1. to live or stay as a permanent resident; reside.
2. to live or continue in a given condition or state:
3. to linger over, emphasize, or ponder in thought, speech, or writing (often followed by on or upon):
4. (of a moving tool or machine part) to be motionless for a certain interval during operation.

Origin of dwelt

before 900; Middle English dwellen to lead astray, stun, abide, Old English dwellan to lead or go astray, hinder; cognate with Old Norse dvelja

Examples for dwelt

In the land of the four rivers there dwelt a man who was very rich.

But still in De Montaigne's breast there dwelt a horrible fear.

And the bearers carried him to the city in which dwelt the king, the queen and their daughter.

"She dwelt under the palm-tree;" or, as it might be rendered, in a forest of palms.

His eyes turned, and dwelt sharply upon the face of Good Indian.

It was not surprising that all the world loved her, and those who dwelt in the sky most of all.

This was the Paradise in which the Adam of her heart had dwelt, before his fall.

In a village in that section there once dwelt a wealthy man.

I could not remember those with whom I had dwelt there, not even my mother.

He dwelt on the childhood of Philothea with peculiar pleasure.