houseth

Verb

house (third-person singular simple present houses, present participle housing, simple past and past participle housed)

1. (transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
   • The car is housed in the garage.

   Synonyms:

   store

2. (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor.
   • Palladius wished him [...] to house all the Helots.c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “[The First Booke] Chapter 1”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New...

   Synonyms:

   accommodate, harbor, harbour, host, put up

3. To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
   • You shall not house with me.c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
4. (transitive) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
   • Where Saturn houses.1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
5. (transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.

   Synonyms:

   enclose

6. (transitive) To contain one part of an object for the purpose of locating the whole.
   • The joists were housed into the side walls, rather than being hung from them.

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