inhabit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: inhabit	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for inhabit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inhabit v inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" Synonym(s): populate, dwell, live, inhabit be present in; "sweet memories inhabit this house" exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her mind" Synonym(s): dwell, inhabit
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inhabit \Inhab"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inhabited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inhabiting}.] [OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L. inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See {Habit}.] To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit* the forest; men inhabit cities and houses. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is. lvii. 15. O, who would inhabit This bleak world alone? --Moore.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Inhabit \Inhab"it\, v. i. To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide. [Archaic or Poetic] --Shak. They say wild beasts inhabit* here. --Waller.