inhabit
English
Alternative forms
- enhabit (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare (in + habitare)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈhæbɪt/
- Hyphenation: in‧hab‧it
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æbɪt
Verb
inhabit (third-person singular simple present inhabits, present participle inhabiting, simple past and past participle inhabited)
- (transitive) To live or reside in.
- The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.
- Moore
- O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?
- (transitive) To be present in; to occupy.
- Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.
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Translations
to live or reside in some place
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to be present in some place
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