inhabit

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INHAB'IT, verb transitive [Latin inhabito; in and habito, to dwell.] To live or dwell in; to occupy as a place of settled residence. Wild beasts inhabit the forest; fishes inhabit the ocean, lakes and rivers; men inhabit cities and houses. Thus saith the high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity--Isaiah 57:15. INHAB'IT, verb intransitive To dwell; to live; to abide. They say wild beasts inhabit here.
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