kōˈhabə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Late Latin cohabitare, from Latin co- + habitare to inhabit, dwell, from habitus, past participle of habēre to have — more at habit
intransitive verb
1. : to live together as or as if as husband and wife
cohabited without formal marriage
2.
a. : to live together or in company
buffaloes cohabiting with crossbred cows — Biological Abstracts
b. : to be intimately together or in company
two strains in his philosophy … cohabit in each of his major works — Justus Buchler
transitive verb
: to live together in
two closely related species of freshwater cottids … cohabit the Arrow lakes in British Columbia — Copeia
• co·hab·i·tant -bəd.ənt, -bətə- also -bət ə nt noun -s