[in.hab.it] vb [ME enhabiten, fr. MF & L; MF enhabiter, fr. L inhabitare, fr. in- + habitare to dwell, freq. of habere to have--more at give] vt (14c) 1: to occupy as a place of settled residence or habitat: live in "~ a small house"
2: to be present in or occupy in any manner or form "the human beings who ~ this tale --Al Newman" ~ vi, archaic: to have residence in a place: dwell -- in.hab.it.able adj -- in.hab.it.er n