indwell

From in- + dwell.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈdwɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

indwell (third-person singular simple present indwells, present participle indwelling, simple past and past participle indwelled or indwelt)

1. To exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.
   • 1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity‎^[1]:

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

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

• Dwinell, Willden