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in⋅hab⋅it

  [in-hab-it]
Use inhabitable in a Sentence
–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; < L inhabitāre, equiv. to in- in- 2 + habitāre to dwell (see habit 2 ); r. ME enhabiten < MF enhabiter < L as above

Related forms:
in⋅hab⋅it⋅a⋅ble, adjective
in⋅hab⋅it⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, noun
in⋅hab⋅i⋅ta⋅tion, noun

Synonyms:
1, 2. reside, occupy, tenant, populate.
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in·hab·it   (ĭn-hāb'ĭt)   
v.   in·hab·it·ed, in·hab·it·ing, in·hab·its

v.   tr.
  1. To live or reside in.
  2. To be present in; fill: Old childhood memories inhabit the attic.
v.   intr. Archaic
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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Inhabitable

In*hab"it*a*ble\, a. [L. inhabitabilis. See Inhabit.] Capable of being inhabited; habitable.

Systems of inhabitable planets. --Locke.

Inhabitable

In*hab"it*a*ble\, a. [L. inhabitabilis: cf. F. inhabitable. See In- not, and Habitable.] Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited. [Obs.]

The frozen ridges of the Alps Or other ground inhabitable. --Shak.
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Language Translation for : inhabitable
Spanish: habitable,
German: bewohnbar,
Japanese: 住める
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