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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: enhabiter, from Latin habitare; HABITATION

inhabit

 verb
     
in‧hab‧it [transitive]
if animals or people inhabit an area or place, they live there:
The woods are inhabited by many wild animals.
inhabited islands
—inhabitable adjective
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