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inhabit

[ in-hab-it ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals:

    Small animals inhabited the woods.

    Synonyms: populate, tenant, occupy, reside

  2. to exist or be situated within; dwell in:

    Weird notions inhabit his mind.

    Synonyms: populate, tenant, occupy, reside



verb (used without object)

  1. Archaic. to live or dwell, as in a place.

inhabit

/ ɪnˈhæbɪt /

verb

  1. tr to live or dwell in; occupy
  2. archaic.
    intr to abide or dwell
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • inˌhabiˈtation, noun
  • inˌhabitaˈbility, noun
  • inˈhabitable, adjective
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Other Words From

  • in·hab·it·a·ble adjective
  • in·hab·i·ta·tion noun
  • pre·in·hab·it verb (used with object)
  • pre·in·hab·i·ta·tion noun
  • re·in·hab·it verb (used with object)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inhabit1

First recorded in 1325–75; from Latin inhabitāre, equivalent to in- in- 2 + habitāre “to dwell” ( habit 2 ); replacing Middle English enhabiten, from Middle French enhabiter, from Latin as above
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inhabit1

C14: from Latin inhabitāre, from habitāre to dwell
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Example Sentences

And not only that but experience how others look at the individual whose skin we are inhabiting?

The new paper adds an additional seven dark comets to the list, including bigger ones that inhabit the outer solar system and littler ones that remain in the inner solar system.

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If we don’t agree on how those pieces go together, we are inhabiting different realities, which feels ever more the case.

"For the past four hundred years, each generation of astronomers has inhabited a new universe," Panek writes.

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The Clovis people inhabited North America around 13,000 years ago.

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