v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inhabited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhabiting. ] [ OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L. inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See Habit. ] To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses. [ 1913 Webster ]

The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, who would inhabit
This bleak world alone? Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide. [ Archaic or Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They say wild beasts inhabit here. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inhabitabilis. See Inhabit. ] Capable of being inhabited; habitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Systems of inhabitable planets. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inhabitabilis: cf. F. inhabitable. See In- not, and Habitable. ] Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The frozen ridges of the Alps
Or other ground inhabitable. Shak.

{ } n. 1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; the condition of an inhabitant; residence; occupancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ruins yet resting in the wild moors testify a former inhabitance. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The state of having legal right to claim the privileges of a recognized inhabitant; especially, the right to support in case of poverty, acquired by residence in a town; habitancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inhabitans, -antis, p. pr. of inhabitare. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One who dwells or resides permanently in a place, as distinguished from a transient lodger or visitor; as, an inhabitant of a house, a town, a city, county, or state. “Frail inhabitants of earth.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this place, they report that they saw inhabitants which were very fair and fat people. Abp. Abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) One who has a legal settlement in a town, city, or parish; a permanent resident. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inhabit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inhabitatio a dwelling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling. [ 1913 Webster ]

The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost. Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Abode; place of dwelling; residence. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Population; inhabitants. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

The beginning of nations and of the world's inhabitation. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phrenol.) A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Uninhabited. [ Obs. ] Brathwait. [ 1913 Webster ]