inhabitation

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in⋅hab⋅it

[in-hab-it]

–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.

To live or reside in.
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.

Word Origin & History

inhabit

c.1374, from O.Fr. enhabiter "dwell in" (12c.), from L. inhabitare, from in- "in" + habitare "to dwell," freq. of habere "hold, have" (see habit). Inhabitant first recorded 1462. Inhabitable was used in two opposite senses: "not habitable" (c.1400, from in- "not" + habitable) and "capable of being inhabited" (1601, from inhabit + -able).

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