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cohabit
[ koh-hab-it ]
verb (used without object)
- to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- to live together in an intimate relationship.
- to dwell with another or share the same place, as different species of animals.
cohabit
/ kəʊˈhæbɪt /
verb
- intr to live together as husband and wife, esp without being married
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Derived Forms
- ˌcohabiˈtee, noun
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Other Words From
- co·habit·ant co·habit·er noun
- co·habi·tation noun
- nonco·habi·tation noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cohabit1
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Example Sentences
In some tribes, to cohabit with their mothers, sisters, and daughters was esteemed the means of domestic peace.
The regulations are always a conventionalization which sets the terms, modes, and conditions under which a pair may cohabit.
Agreement to cohabit, followed by cohabitation, constituted marriage by the canon law.
It is despicable unjustly to be jealous of your wife; but it is infamy to cohabit with her if you know her to be guilty.
At a certain time of the year these women unite with their neighbours, and cohabit with them.
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