inhabit

Etymology

From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare (in + habitare).

verb

  1. (transitive) To live or reside in.
    The Inuit inhabit the Arctic.
    O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone? 1813, Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer
  2. (transitive) To be present in.
    Strange thoughts inhabit my mind.

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