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habited

verb

past tense of habit
as in clothed
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes his exclusive clothing store had habited the town's upper crust for as long as anyone could remember

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  1. clothed
  2. dressed
  3. attired
Verb
  • Larsson tapped her go-to footwear designer, PC Footwear, for her set, clad in a pair of custom metallic pink buckle boots.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The exterior is clad in glass and limestone that reflects the predominant materials on Northwestern’s nearby campus.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of clothed
Verb
  • While many in the crowd were dressed in the latest Chanel borrowed for the occasion, Rossum dug into her own archives for the occasion.
    — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • An example of the all-electric Bentley Torcal dressed in the marque’s Electrum color scheme.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of dressed
Verb
  • Always elegantly attired, always thirsty, never drunk.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
  • The open concept and casually attired employees bear a resemblance to countless other start-ups.
    — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 28 May 2026
Definition of attired
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