INDWELL (indwelt)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: indwelt   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does indwell mean? 

• INDWELL (verb)
  The verb INDWELL has 1 sense:

1. to exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle

  Familiarity information: INDWELL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDWELL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they indwell    ... he / she / it indwells   
Past simple: indwelled   
Past participle: indwelled   
-ing form: indwelling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To exist as an inner activating spirit, force, or principle

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "indwell" is one way to...):

be; exist (have an existence, be extant)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

indweller (activation by an inner spirit or force or principle)

 Context examples 

A balloon on the bladder end is inflated (with air or fluid) so that the catheter cannot pull out but is retained in the bladder as an "indwelling" catheter.

(Foley Catheter, NCI Thesaurus)

The outer component of a double-cannula device, designed to be indwelling.

(Outer Cannula Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)