inhabit

Alternative forms

• enhabit (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare (in + habitare).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈhæbɪt/
• Hyphenation: in‧hab‧it

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æbɪt

Verb

inhabit (third-person singular simple present inhabits, present participle inhabiting, simple past and past participle inhabited)

1. (transitive) To live or reside in.

   Synonyms: bedwell; see also Thesaurus:reside

   The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.

   • 1813, Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer:

     O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?

2. (transitive) To be present in.

   Synonym: occupy

   Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.