Inhabit

• POS: Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: in=hab=it

CIDE DICTIONARY

Inhabit, v. t. [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.  [1913 Webster]
"The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity."  [1913 Webster]
"O, who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?"  [1913 Webster]

Inhabit, v. i. 

 To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
"They say wild beasts inhabit here."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Inhabit, v.tr. (inhabited, inhabiting) (of a person or animal) dwell in; occupy (a region, town, house, etc.).

Derivative

inhabitability n. inhabitable adj. inhabitant n. inhabitation n.

Etymology

ME inhabite, enhabite f. OF enhabiter or L inhabitare (as IN-(2), habitare dwell): see HABIT

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Inhabit

Location

VB place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.

Presence

VB exist in space, be present, assister, make one of, make one at, look on, attend, remain, find oneself, present oneself, show one's face, fall in the way of, occur in a place, lie, stand, occupy, be there, people, inhabit, dwell, reside, stay, sojourn, live, abide, lodge, nestle, roost, perch, take up one's abode, tenant, resort to, frequent, haunt, revisit, fill, pervade, permeate, be diffused, be disseminated, be through, over spread, overrun, run through, meet one at every turn.

Inhabitant

VB inhabit, endenizen.

Abode

VB take up one's abode, inhabit.