inhabit

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  1. transitive verb To live or reside in.
  2. transitive verb To be present in; fill: Old childhood memories inhabit the attic.
  3. intransitive verb Archaic To dwell.

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  1. Middle English enhabiten, from Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitāre : in-, in; see in-2 + habitāre, to dwell, frequentative of habēre, to have; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also enhabit; from Middle English inhabiten, enhabiten, enabiten, from Old French inhabiter, enhabiter = Italian inabitare, from Latin inhabitare, dwell in, from in, in, + habitare, dwell: see habit, v.
 

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/ɪnˈhæbɪt/
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