- to inhabit.
- to possess (a person), as a moral principle or motivating force: compassion that indwells the heart.
- to dwell (usually followed by in).
- to abide within, as a guiding force, motivating principle, etc. (usually followed by in): a divine spirit indwelling in nature and the universe.
- (of a spirit, principle, etc) to inhabit; suffuse
- to dwell; exist