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inhabitable

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 verb1: 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 verbarchaic : to have residence in a place : dwell

— in·hab·it·able

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\-bə-tə-bəl\ adjective

— in·hab·it·er noun

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