verb
inhabit
ihn-HA-biht
verb
1
To live in a place.
"Wolves once inhabited most of this forest."
"Millions of people inhabit the coastal cities."
How to Use Inhabit
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo live somewhere — used for people, animals, and sometimes ideas or feelings.
Common pairings
inhabit a region
sparsely inhabited
Word Forms
inhabited past tense, inhabits singular
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Etymology
From Latin inhabitare, from "in-" ("in") + habitare ("to dwell").