indwell
verbUK /ɪnˈdwɛl/
Etymology From in- + dwell.
1
To exist within, especially as a spirit or driving force.
- The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form.1855, Henry Hart Milman, History of Latin Christianity:
- Diodore and Theodore were particularly galvanized to defend their point of view by their horror at Apollinaris's assertion that Christ was indwelled by the Logos, which replaced a human mind in him.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 224:
- Derived terms
- indweller, indwelling