cohabited; cohabiting; cohabits
Definition of cohabit
1
: to live together as or as if a married couple
They cohabited in a small apartment.
2a
: to live together or in company
buffaloes cohabiting with crossbred cows — Biol. Abstracts
b
: to exist together
… two strains in his philosophy … cohabit in each of his major works.— Justus Buchler So riches seemed to provoke their own discomfort, and affluence cohabited with anxiety.— Simon Schama
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The first known use of cohabit was circa 1530
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