INHABIT


Meaning of INHABIT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ in-ˈha-bət ]

verb

Etymology: Middle English enhabiten, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French inhabiter, enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare, from in- + habitare to dwell, frequentative of habēre to have — more at give

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1. : to occupy as a place of settled residence or habitat : live in

inhabit a small house

2. : to be present in or occupy in any manner or form

the human beings who inhabit this tale — Al Newman

intransitive verb

archaic : to have residence in a place : dwell

• in·hab·it·able -bə-tə-bəl adjective

• in·hab·it·er noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.