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in⋅hab⋅it⋅er

[in-hab-i-ter]
–noun Archaic.
inhabitant.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see inhabit, -er 1
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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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