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inhabit |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. The high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity. --Is. lvii. 15. O, who would inhabit This bleak world alone? --Moore. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Inhabit \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: inhabit v 1: make one's home or live in "There are only 250,000 people in Island" [syn: {dwell}, {shack}, {reside}, {live}, {people}, {populate}] 2: be present in be inside of [syn: {occupy}]
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