What does inhabit mean?
Definitions for inhabit
ɪnˈhæb ɪtin·hab·it
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word inhabit.
Princeton's WordNet
populate, dwell, live, inhabitverb
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"
inhabitverb
be present in
"sweet memories inhabit this house"
dwell, inhabitverb
exist or be situated within
"Strange notions inhabited her mind"
Wiktionary
inhabitverb
To live or reside in some place
inhabitverb
To be present in or fill some place
Etymology: From enhabiter, from inhabitare (in + habito)
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Inhabitverb
To dwell in; to hold as a dweller.
Etymology: habito, Latin.
Not all are partakers of that grace whereby Christ inhabiteth whom he saveth. Richard Hooker.
They shall build houses and inhabit them. Isa. lxv. 21.
She shall be inhabited of devils. Baruch iv. 35.
To Inhabitverb
To dwell; to live.
Learn what creatures there inhabit. John Milton.
They say, wild beasts inhabit here;
But grief and wrong secure my fear. Edmund Waller.
Wikipedia
Inhabit
Inhabit means to live in, reside in, occupy or populate some place – a so-called habitat.
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inhabit
Inhabit means to live, dwell or reside in a specific place or region. It can be used to describe the residence of both humans and animals in a particular environment or area. It can also refer to something that exists or is present in a particular situation or environment.
Webster Dictionary
Inhabitverb
to live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses
Inhabitverb
to have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide
Etymology: [OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L. inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See Habit.]
Wikidata
Inhabit
Inhabit is the third album by the Christian metal band Living Sacrifice and the last album in which DJ record with Living Sacrifice. The album was recorded at Believer's Trauma Studios. Kurt Bachman and Joey Daub of Believer also produced and engineered this album. It was the final album the band would release while under REX. The album would later be reissued with new artwork on the band's new label, Solid State Records.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Inhabit
in-hab′it, v.t. to dwell in: to occupy.—v.i. (Shak.) to dwell.—adj. Inhab′itable, that may be inhabited.—ns. Inhab′itance, Inhab′itancy, the act of inhabiting: actual residence; Inhab′itant, one who inhabits: a resident.—adj. resident.—ns. Inhabitā′tion, the act of inhabiting: dwelling-place: (Milt.) population; Inhab′iter (B.), an inhabitant; Inhab′itiveness, love of locality and home; Inhab′itress, a female inhabitant. [Fr.,—L., from in, in, habitāre, to dwell.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of inhabit in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of inhabit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of inhabit in a Sentence
Our own physical body possesses a wisdom which we who inhabit the body lack.
Hippos are important ecosystem engineers of the ecology of freshwater areas they inhabit. This is through nutrient recycling from dung (they consume large amounts of vegetation), hippos attack not to eat people, but to get them the hell away from them.
Inhabit ourselves that we may indeed do what we want to do.
This battle is guided by our intelligence community, which has the difficult task of gathering reliable information about terrorists who inhabit dangerous parts of the world. Although our intelligence is outstanding, it is not perfect.
While the prospect of looking for evidence of the Loch Ness monster is the hook to this project, there is an extraordinary amount of new knowledge that we will gain from the work about organisms that inhabit Loch Ness – the U.K.'s largest freshwater body.
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- سكن, قطن, أقامArabic
- habitarCatalan, Valencian
- obývatCzech
- bewohnenGerman
- ενοικώ, κατοικώGreek
- täyttää, asuttaaFinnish
- habiterFrench
- àitich, còmhnaichScottish Gaelic
- निवास करनाHindi
- 거주하다Korean
- habito, possideoLatin
- престојува, живееMacedonian
- zamieszkiwać, zajmować, wypełniaćPolish
- morar, habitar, viverPortuguese
- населя́ть, заня́ть, занима́ть, наполня́ть, прожива́ть, жить, обита́ть, напо́лнитьRussian
- befolka, uppta, beboSwedish
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