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Undwelt vs Indwelt - What's the difference?

undwelt | indwelt |

As an adjective undwelt

is not lived in.

As a verb indwelt is

(indwell).

undwelt

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not lived in.

    • Usage notes

    * Used before the preposition in . (Webster 1913)

    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)