cohabiting
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ɪt verb (used without object)
1.
to live together as if married, 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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| —vb | |
| (intr) to live together as husband and wife, esp without being married | |
| [C16: via Late Latin, from Latin co- together + habitāre to live] | |
| cohabi'tee | |
| —n | |
| co'habitant | |
| —n | |
| co'habiter | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
cohabit
euphemism since c.1530 to describe a couple living together without benefit of marriage (see habitation).
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