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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.
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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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un·in·hab·it·a·ble   (ŭn'ĭn-hāb'ĭ-tə-bəl)   
adj.  Unfit for habitation: an uninhabitable island.
un'in·hab'it·a·bil'i·ty n.
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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).

uninhabitable 
1448, from un- (1) "not" + inhabit (v.) + -able. Uninhabited is attested from 1571.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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