reside

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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From Middle English residen, from Old French resider, from Latin resideō (“remain behind, reside, dwell”), from re- (“back”) + sedeō (“sit”).

"Are you residing permanently in London?" — The Literary World Seventh Reader, Unknown
‘—Raw material—where Mr. Bounderby, the banker, might reside. — Hard Times, Charles Dickens
Sakarra, a Dyak god, residing in the Pleiades. — The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido: For the Suppression of Piracy, Henry, Sir Keppel

shack, domicile, domiciliate

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