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Meaning of COHABIT

Pronunciation:  kow'habit

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  room or live together; usually said of two people who are not married
 
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 Synonyms: shack up
 
 See Also: domicile, domiciliate, dwell, inhabit, live, miscegenate, people, populate, reside, shack

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Co*hab"it\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cohabited}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Cohabiting}.] [L. cohabitare; co- + habitare to
dwell, to have possession of (a place), freg. of habere to
have. See {Habit}, n. & v.]
1. To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or
   country.
         The Philistines were worsted by the captived ark . .
         . : they were not able to cohabit with that holy
         thing.                                --South.
2. To dwell or live together as husband and wife.
         The law presumes that husband and wife cohabit
         together, even after a voluntary separation has
         taken place between them.             --Bouvier.
Note: By the common law as existing in the United States,
      marriage is presumed when a man and woman cohabit
      permanently together, being reputed by those who know
      them to be husband and wife, and admitting the
      relationship. --Wharton.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: abide, ball, be intimate, berth, bunk, come together, commit adultery, copulate, couple, cover, diddle, domicile, domiciliate, doss down, dwell, fornicate, frig, hang out, have sex, have sexual relations, inhabit, lay, lie with, live, live together, lodge, make it with, make love, make out, mate, mount, nest, occupy, perch, remain, reside, room, roost, screw, serve, service, sleep with, squat, stay, tenant
 

 

 

 

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