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dishabited

dishabited is the simple past and past participle of dishabit.

Meaning of dishabit

Verb

dishabit (third-person singular simple present dishabits, present participle dishabiting, simple past and past participle dishabited)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To drive (someone) out of their habitation.

Adjective

dishabited (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) No longer inhabited.
    • dishabited towns1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC
    • a land thereafter deſcribed, altogether diſhabited and unplanted , though poſſeſt with Indians1648, Beauchamp Plantagenet, A Deſcription of the province of New Albion […]

Origin of dishabited

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From dis- + habited.

Questions about dishabited

What does dishabited mean?
Dishabited means no longer inhabited.
What is dishabited the simple past and past participle of?
Dishabited is the simple past and past participle of dishabit.
What part of speech is dishabited?
Dishabited is an adjective.

Words near dishabited in the dictionary

  1. dishabilitating
  2. dishabilitation
  3. dishabille
  4. dishabilles
  5. dishabit
  6. dishabited
  7. dishabiting
  8. dishabits
  9. dishabituate
  10. dishabituated
  11. dishabituates

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