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enhabit

enhabit is the obsolete form of inhabit.

Meaning of inhabit

Verb

inhabit (third-person singular simple present inhabits, present participle inhabiting, simple past and past participle inhabited)

  1. (transitive) To live or reside in.
    • The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.
  2. (transitive) To be present in.
    • Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.
    Synonyms:
    occupy

Forms of enhabit

third-person singular presentenhabits
present participleenhabiting
past participleenhabited
pastenhabited

Origin of enhabit

Old French enhabiter, variant of inhabiter.

Questions about enhabit

What is enhabit the obsolete form of?
Enhabit is the obsolete form of inhabit.

Words near enhabit in the dictionary

  1. engulphing
  2. engulphs
  3. engyscope
  4. engyscopes
  5. engyve
  6. enhabit
  7. enhabitant
  8. enhabitants
  9. enhabited
  10. enhabiting
  11. enhabits

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