inhabit
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- enhabit (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare (in + habitare).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
inhabit (third-person singular simple present inhabits, present participle inhabiting, simple past and past participle inhabited)
- (transitive) To live or reside in.
- Synonyms: bedwell; see also Thesaurus:reside
- The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.
- 1813, Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer
- O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?
- (transitive) To be present in.
- Synonym: occupy
- Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
to live or reside in some place
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to be present in some place
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