Main Entry: in·hab·it

Pronunciation: \in-ˈha-bət\

Function: verb

Etymology: Middle English enhabiten, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French inhabiter, enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare, from in- + habitare to dwell, frequentative of habēre to have — more at give

Date: 14th century

transitive verb 1 : to occupy as a place of settled residence or habitat : live in <inhabit a small house>
2 : to be present in or occupy in any manner or form <the human beings who inhabit this tale — Al Newman>intransitive verb archaic : to have residence in a place : dwell

— in·hab·it·able \-bə-tə-bəl\ adjective

— in·hab·it·er noun