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sojourn |
WordNet 2.0 |
- a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) |
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- spend a certain length of time - reside temporarily |
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| Sojourn |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
1. To dwell for a time; to dwell or live in a place as a temporary resident or as a stranger, not considering the place as a permanent habitation; to delay; to tarry. "Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there." -- Gen. xii. 30. "Home he goeth, he might not longer sojourn." -- Chaucer. "The soldiers first assembled at Newcastle, and there sojourned three days." -- Hayward. |
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1. A temporary residence, as that of a traveler in a foreign land. "Though long detained In that obscure sojourn." -- Milton. |
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