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dwell

v.

live, reside, inhabit, stay, lodge, room, abide, sojourn, stop, settle, tarry, remain, live in, live at, continue, go on living, rent, tenant, have a lease on, make one's home at, have one's address at, keep house, be at home, quarter, hang out*, hang up one's hat*, flop*, bunk*, crash*, tent, pitch a tent, have digs at*; see also reside.

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Another word for dwell

verb

To have as one's domicile, usually for an extended period:
abide, domicile, house, live¹, reside. See place
To have an inherent basis:
consist, exist, inhere, lie¹, repose, reside, rest¹. See start
To focus the attention on something moodily and at length:
brood, cark, fret, mope, worry. (Informal) stew. See concern, thoughts