[in-hab-it] 
| 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. |
| 3. | Archaic. to live or dwell, as in a place. |
| in·hab·it (ĭn-hāb'ĭt) v. in·hab·it·ed, in·hab·it·ing, in·hab·its v. tr.
To dwell. [Middle English enhabiten, from Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitāre : in-, in; see in-2 + habitāre, to dwell, frequentative of habēre, to have; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.] in·hab'it·a·bil'i·ty n., in·hab'it·a·ble adj., in·hab'i·ta'tion n., in·hab'it·er n. |
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