| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | in·hab·it |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   n-h b t |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: in·hab·it·ed, in·hab·it·ing, in·hab·its
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To live or reside in. 2. To be present in; fill: Old childhood memories inhabit the attic. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Archaic To dwell. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English enhabiten, from Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabit re : in-, in; see in–2 + habitre, to dwell, frequentative of hab re, to have; see ghabh- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | in·hab it·a·bili·ty —NOUN
in·habit·a·ble —ADJECTIVE
in·habi·tation —NOUN
in·habit·er —NOUN
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