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verb (used without object)
1.
to live together as husband and wife, usually without legal or religious sanction.
2.
to live together in an intimate relationship.
3.
to dwell with another or share the same place, as different species of animals.
Origin:
1520–30; < Late Latin cohabitāre, equivalent to co- co- + habitāre to have possession, abide (frequentative of habēre to have, own)
1520–30; < Late Latin cohabitāre, equivalent to co- co- + habitāre to have possession, abide (frequentative of habēre to have, own)
Related forms
co·hab·it·ant, co·hab·it·er, noun
co·hab·i·ta·tion, noun
non·co·hab·i·ta·tion, noun
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cohabit
euphemism since c.1530 to describe a couple living together without benefit of marriage (see habitation).
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