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in·dwell Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[in-dwel] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -dwelt, -dwell·ing.
–verb (used with object) 1. to inhabit.
2. to possess (a person), as a moral principle or motivating force: compassion that indwells the heart.
–verb (used without object) 3. to dwell (usually fol. by in).
4. to abide within, as a guiding force, motivating principle, etc. (usually fol. by in): a divine spirit indwelling in nature and the universe.


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[Origin: 1350–1400; ME indwellen. See in-1, dwell]

in·car·na·tion / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[in-kahr-ney-shuhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. an incarnate being or form.
2. a living being embodying a deity or spirit.
3. assumption of human form or nature.
4. the Incarnation, (sometimes lowercase) Theology. the doctrine that the second person of the Trinity assumed human form in the person of Jesus Christ and is completely both God and man.
5. a person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like: The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
6. the act of incarnating.
7. state of being incarnated.


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[Origin: 1250–1300; ME incarnacion < LL incarnātiōn- (s. of incarnātiō) equiv. to incarnāt(us) incarnate + -iōn- -ion]