What does dwell upon mean?

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dwell upon

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

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Formal; Transitive verb

dwells upon (present, singular) dwelling upon (participle, present) dwelt upon (participle, past) dwelt upon (past) dwelled upon (US, participle) dwelled upon (US, past)

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