cohabit

Verb

cohabit (third-person singular simple present cohabits, present participle cohabiting, simple past and past participle cohabited)

1. (intransitive) To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.

   Synonyms:

   cohabitate

2. (intransitive) To coexist in common environs with.
3. (archaic, intransitive) To have sex; see coition.
4. To cooperate with an opposing political party.
   • An outright far-right victory in the two-round poll, which commences on 30 June, could render Macron a lame duck, doomed to “cohabit” with an overtly xenophobic, Islamophobic, authoritarian and illiberal government led, prospectively, by Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s young protege2024 June 16, Observer editorial, “The Observer view on the French election: Emmanuel Macron is playing a dangerous game”, in The Observer, →ISSN