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inhabit

/ˌɪnˈhæbət/

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What does inhabit mean?

verb

  1. To live or reside in.
  2. To be present in.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌɪnˈhæbət/

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Before we proceed to people infinite space, it would be as well, if we surveyed the surface of the earth we inhabit.
William GodwinThoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorProject Gutenberg ebook #743
They inhabit burrows, which they sometimes make between fragments of lava, but more generally on level patches of the soft sandstone-like tuff.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944
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But whether man first arrived in California in Pliocene times or not, he continued to inhabit the land to the present day.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873
There is an endless kingdom to be inhabited, and everlasting life to be given us, that we may inhabit that kingdom for ever.
John BunyanThe Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John BunyanProject Gutenberg ebook #131
I now first began to inhabit my house, I may say, when I began to use it for warmth as well as shelter.
Henry David ThoreauWalden, and On The Duty Of Civil DisobedienceProject Gutenberg ebook #205