Verb (used with object) : compassion that indwells the heart. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : a divine spirit indwelling in nature and the universe. From Dictionary.com.
Pollwart ther, William Craw indweller ther, Bessie. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
Henry Cairnes, "skipper in Leith, fled out of the countrie to the Easter seas;" and that "John Stewart, indweller in Leith, died in exile.". From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
Agnes Finnie, an indweller in the Potter-row, Edinburgh, was indicted before a judge and a jury, on twenty articles of indictment, charging her with witchcraft and sorcery. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
What of architectural beauty I now see, I know has gradually grown from within outward, out of the necessities and character of the indweller, who is the only builder — out of some unconscious truthfulness, and nobleness, without ever a thought for the appearance and whatever additional beauty of this kind is destined to be produced will be preceded by. From Wordnik.com. [Walden] Reference
I have been so long a citizen of Edinburgh, now an indweller only. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford] Reference
And again, why should the mind want anyone to look like a maker, an indweller, an. From Wordnik.com. [There & Back] Reference
The same atma is the indweller of the body of all other persons, whose outward forms may be different. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
The barking of a cur warned the indweller of visiters, but without offering any obstacle to their advance. From Wordnik.com. [The Partisan: A Tale of the Revolution. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. In Two Volumes. Vol. I] Reference
Is the indweller of the tomb the hostage of a pit, In which, for that his face is there, splendour and light abide?. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II] Reference
First, you are possessed by a devil; then rent yourself out to the indweller; and now turn yourself into a mad-house. From Wordnik.com. [Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2)] Reference
We are agreed to receive into these dales no Judge, who is not a countryman and indweller, or who hath bought his place. From Wordnik.com. [The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes] Reference
Khwajah's son, "and indeed this city is a ruinous heap nor is there indweller or habitant or any to attest God's Unity.". From Wordnik.com. [Arabian nights. English] Reference
JOHN ANDERSON, indweller in Glasgow, in the year 1684, was amongst others prevailed upon to take that hell-hatched test upon his knee. From Wordnik.com. [Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies] Reference
"If I speak with you calmly, Ralph, it is because you are the indweller of my house, and because I have a pledge to my brother in your behalf.". From Wordnik.com. [Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia] Reference
They were never happy except when they went up to the palisades, struck upon them with their lath-blades, and when some orderly indweller looked over atop, ran away laughing. From Wordnik.com. [Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII] Reference
Mr. Jarvie's, whose dinner hour was now approaching, I stopped at a small unpretending shop, the sign of which intimated the indweller to be Christopher Neilson, surgeon and apothecary. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Roy] Reference
I have given these bulky descriptions of the forest and ocean to prepare the mind of man to begin the inspection of the machinery that has constructed the body of which he is the indweller. From Wordnik.com. [Philosophy of Osteopathy] Reference
As life, the highest known principle sent forth by nature to vivify, construct and govern all beings, it is expected to be the indweller and operator, and one of the greatest perceivable and universal laws of nature. From Wordnik.com. [Philosophy of Osteopathy] Reference
On the side towards the park the wall was little more than a colonnade -- to which doors could be fitted in winter-time, and here, as from a loggia, the indweller could feast on one of the fairest prospects in Oxfordshire. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel] Reference
But with that noble spirit of independence which, we are proud to say, is so peculiarly the indweller of American bosoms, they have determined to rise superior to their misfortunes, and win for themselves that patronage which they have heretofore had it in their power to dispense. From Wordnik.com. [Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman] Reference
It was only how to put a core of truth within the ornaments, that every sugarplum, in fact, might have an almond or caraway seed in it -- though I hold that almonds are most wholesome without the sugar -- and not how the inhabitant, the indweller, might build truly within and without, and let the ornaments take care of themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Walden] Reference
It was only how to put a core of truth within the ornaments, that every sugarplum, in fact, might have an almond or caraway seed in it — though I hold that almonds are most wholesome without the sugar — and not how the inhabitant, the indweller, might build truly within and without, and let the ornaments take care of themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Walden~ Chapter 01 (historical)] Reference
All this he did and endured, accompanied by about fifty of the principal inhabitants, members of his committee, who insisted on never leaving his side, and prompting him at every new door which he entered with contradictory reports of the political opinions of the indweller, or confidential informations how they were to be managed and addressed. From Wordnik.com. [Endymion] Reference
A small unpretending shop, the sign of which intimated the indweller to be Christopher Neilson, surgeon and apothecary. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Roy — Complete] Reference
A corner, or the indweller of the habitation had to spring up, in the middle of the night, to save himself and his house from being crushed to pieces during the nocturnal affrays of the cattle which roamed at large. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Moffat The Missionary Hero of Kuruman] Reference
I therefore left them as soon as possible; and in my way towards Mr. Jarvie’s, whose dinner hour was now approaching, I stopped at a small unpretending shop, the sign of which intimated the indweller to be Christopher Neilson, surgeon and apothecary. From Wordnik.com. [Rob Roy] Reference
A core of truth within the ornaments, that every sugarplum, in fact, might have an almond or caraway seed in it — though I hold that almonds are most wholesome without the sugar — and not how the inhabitant, the indweller, might build truly within and without, and let the ornaments take care of themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Walden] Reference
"Azzageddi aside, then, my lord, and also, for the nonce, the mysterious indweller, I come now to treat of myself as a lunatic. From Wordnik.com. [Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2)] Reference
"Philosopher," said Media, "what with Azzageddi, and the mysterious indweller you darkly hint of, I marvel not that you are puzzled to decide upon your identity. From Wordnik.com. [Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2)] Reference
Rich palace, and indweller ever blest. From Wordnik.com. [England's Antiphon]
Of that sweet indweller he held in store. From Wordnik.com. [Helen Redeemed and Other Poems] Reference
P: And thou art an indweller of this city. From Wordnik.com. [Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side] Reference
Ne'er have my house so cursed an indweller. From Wordnik.com. [The House of Atreus] Reference
Ne’er have my house so cursed an indweller —. From Wordnik.com. [The Choephori] Reference
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