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habited

1

[ hab-i-tid ]

adjective

  1. dressed or clothed, especially in a habit:

    habited nuns.



habited

2

[ hab-i-tid ]

adjective

, Archaic.

habited

/ ˈhæbɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. dressed in a habit
  2. clothed


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Word History and Origins

Origin of habited1

First recorded in 1595–1605; habit 1 + -ed 3

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Example Sentences

He was met at the gates by a young damsel, habited as Flora, who delivered him the keys of the city.

It is needless to add, that they were young ladies habited as peasants, and that there was a masque at the chateau.

The men are habited in black; the women in the dress of nuns.

Two squires of the Norman Duke led in an Arab, muscular, bright-eyed, decently habited.

His torn, dirty garb, the same in which they habited him upon his degradation, excited the commisseration of the people.

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