inhabit
Use Inhabit in a sentence
ɪt verb (used with object)
1.
to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
2.
to exist or be situated within; dwell in: Weird notions inhabit his mind.
verb (used without object)
3.
Archaic. to live or dwell, as in a place.
Origin:
1325–75; < Latin inhabitāre, equivalent to in- in-2 + habitāre to dwell (see habit2); replacing Middle English enhabiten < Middle French enhabiter < Latin as above
1325–75; < Latin inhabitāre, equivalent to in- in-2 + habitāre to dwell (see habit2); replacing Middle English enhabiten < Middle French enhabiter < Latin as above
Related forms
in·hab·it·a·ble, adjective
in·hab·it·a·bil·i·ty, noun
in·hab·i·ta·tion, noun
non·in·hab·it·a·bil·i·ty, noun
non·in·hab·it·a·ble, adjective
pre·in·hab·it, verb (used with object)
pre·in·hab·i·ta·tion, noun
re·in·hab·it, verb (used with object)
un·in·hab·it·a·bil·i·ty, noun
un·in·hab·it·a·ble, adjective
Synonyms
1, 2. reside, occupy, tenant, populate.
1, 2. reside, occupy, tenant, populate.
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| —vb , -its, -iting, -ited | |
| 1. | (tr) to live or dwell in; occupy |
| 2. | archaic (intr) to abide or dwell |
| [C14: from Latin inhabitāre, from habitāre to dwell] | |
| in'habitable | |
| —adj | |
| inhabita'bility | |
| —n | |
| inhabi'tation | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
inhabit
late 14c., from O.Fr. enhabiter "dwell in" (12c.), from L. inhabitare, from in- "in" + habitare "to dwell," frequentative of habere "hold, have" (see habit). Inhabitant first recorded mid-15c. Inhabitable was used in two opposite senses: "not habitable" (c.1400, from in- "not"
+ habitable) and "capable of being inhabited" (c.1600, from inhabit + -able).
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Example sentences
But people don't always live up or down to the clichés they are expected to inhabit.
It may seem that the whole icky lot of them, and the miniature realms they inhabit, are unrelated to human concerns.
Rare sea birds inhabit the volcanic cliffs that circle these shores.
Reptiles are thus able to inhabit drier ecosystems without the continuous requirement of immediate water sources.
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