Define the word inhabit"Inhabit" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Inhabit \In*hab"it\, v. i.
To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.
[Archaic or Poetic] --Shak.
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They say wild beasts inhabit here. --Waller.
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"Inhabit" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Inhabit \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.
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The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is.
lvii. 15.
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O, who would inhabit
This bleak world alone? --Moore.
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"inhabit" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
inhabit
v 1: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially 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" [syn: dwell, shack,
reside, live, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate]
2: be present in; be inside of [syn: occupy]
"inhabit" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhabit":
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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