Meaning of INHABIT
| Pronunciation: | | in'habit
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- [v] make one's home or live in; "There are only 250,000 people in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"
- [v] be present in; be inside of
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| | Synonyms: | | domicile, domiciliate, dwell, live, people, populate, reside, shack |
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| | See Also: | | be, bivouac, board, camp, camp out, cohabit, encamp, infest, invade, live in, live out, lodge, lodge in, neighbor, neighbour, nest, occupy, overpopulate, overrun, room, rusticate, shack up, sleep in, sleep out, tenant, tent | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\In*hab"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhabited}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Inhabiting}.] [OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L.
inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See {Habit}.]
To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled
residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit
cities and houses.
The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is.
lvii. 15.
O, who would inhabit This bleak world alone? --Moore.
\In*hab"it\, v. i.
To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.
[Archaic or Poetic] --Shak.
They say wild beasts inhabit here. --Waller.
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| | Related Terms: | | abide, abide in, anchor, be coextensive with, be comprised in, be constituted by, be contained in, be present in, berth, billet at, bivouac, bunk, burrow, camp, cohabit, colonize, come to anchor, consist in, denizen, domesticate, domicile, domiciliate, doss down, drop anchor, dwell, dwell in, empeople, ensconce, establish residence, exist in, hang out, hive, inhere in, keep house, lie in, live, live at, live in, locate, lodge, moor, move, nest, occupy, park, people, perch, plant, populate, relocate, remain, repose in, reside, reside in, rest in, room, roost, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, settle in, sit down, squat, stand, stay, stay at, strike root, subsist in, take residence at, take root, take up residence, tenant |
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