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Indwelt vs Indwell - What's the difference?

indwelt | indwell |

As verbs the difference between indwelt and indwell

is that indwelt is past tense of indwell while indwell is to exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.

indwelt

English

Verb

(head)
  • (indwell)

    • indwell

    English

    Verb

  • To exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.
  • * Milman
    • The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form.
  • *2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 224:
  • *: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.

    • Derived terms

    * (l)

    indwell

    English

    Verb

  • To exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.
  • * Milman
    • The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form.
  • *2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 224:
  • *: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.

    • Derived terms

    * (l)