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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inhabit \In*hab"it\, verb (used without an object) To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide. [Archaic or Poetic] --Shak.
They say wild beasts inhabit here. --Waller.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inhabit \In*hab"it\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Inhabited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inhabiting}.] [OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L. inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See {Habit}.] To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses.
The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is. lvii. 15.
O, who would inhabit This bleak world alone? --Moore.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inhabit
verb
1: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated" [syn: {dwell}, {shack}, {reside}, {live}, {people}, {populate}, {domicile}, {domiciliate}]
2: be present in; be inside of [syn: {occupy}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
73 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhabit": abide, abide in, anchor, be coextensive with, be comprised in, be constituted by, be contained in, be present in, berth, billet at, bivouac, bunk, burrow, camp, cohabit, colonize, come to anchor, consist in, denizen, domesticate, domicile, domiciliate, doss down, drop anchor, dwell, dwell in, empeople, ensconce, establish residence, exist in, hang out, hive, inhere in, keep house, lie in, live, live at, live in, locate, lodge, moor, move, nest, occupy, park, people, perch, plant, populate, relocate, remain, repose in, reside, reside in, rest in, room, roost, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, settle in, sit down, squat, stand, stay, stay at, strike root, subsist in, take residence at, take root, take up residence, tenant
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