DWELT
What does "DWELT" mean?
A past tense and past participle of dwell: to have lived in a place.
Meanings
- Past tense of dwell: to have resided somewhere. They dwelt by the river until the spring floods drove them inland. formal
- Past tense of dwell: to have lingered over a thought or topic. She dwelt on the insult far longer than it deserved. figurative
Word origin
Past form of 'dwell', from Old English 'dwellan'; 'dwelt' and the regular 'dwelled' have coexisted as accepted past tenses for centuries.
Remember it
DWELT = DWELL with the second L traded for T, the way the past trades 'now' for 'then'.
A little poem
Past tense of staying: where she dwelt
the doorframe still remembers what she felt.
couplet
What it teaches
The places we dwelt outlast the leases; memory keeps no forwarding address.
Quick facts
What does DWELT mean?
A past tense and past participle of dwell: to have lived in a place.
Is DWELT a valid word?
Yes — DWELT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is DWELT?
DWELT has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does DWELT come from?
Past form of 'dwell', from Old English 'dwellan'; 'dwelt' and the regular 'dwelled' have coexisted as accepted past tenses for centuries.
What can DWELT teach us?
The places we dwelt outlast the leases; memory keeps no forwarding address.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.