inhabit

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From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare (in + habitare)

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to inhabit

Third person singular
inhabits

Simple past
inhabited

Past participle
inhabited

Present participle
inhabiting

to inhabit (third-person singular simple present inhabits, present participle inhabiting, simple past and past participle inhabited)

  1. (transitive) To live or reside in some place
    • the Inuit inhabit the Arctic
  2. (transitive) To be present in or fill some place
    • Strange thoughts inhabit my mind

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