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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Inhabit

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Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: No
  • Included in BDB: Yes

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Inhabit

INHAB'IT, verb transitive [Latin inhabito; in and habito, to dwell.]

To live or dwell in; to occupy as a place of settled residence. Wild beasts inhabit the forest; fishes inhabit the ocean, lakes and rivers; men inhabit cities and houses.

Thus saith the high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity--Isaiah 57:15.

INHAB'IT, verb intransitive To dwell; to live; to abide.

They say wild beasts inhabit here.


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Inhabitable

INHAB'ITABLE, adjective [from inhabit.] Habitable; that may be inhabited; capable of affording habitation to animals. The stars may be inhabitable worlds. Some regions of the earth are not inhabitable by reason of cold or sterility. A building may be too old and decayed to be inhabitable

1. Not habitable. [Latin inhabitabilis.] [Not in use.]


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Inhabitance

INHAB'ITANCE, noun Residence of dwellers. [Little used.]


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Inhabitancy

INHAB'ITANCY, noun Residence; habitancy; permanent or legal residence in a town, city or parish; or the domiciliation which the law required to entitle a pauper to demand support from the town, city or parish in which he lives, otherwise called a legal settlement, which subjects a town to support a person, if a pauper.


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Inhabitant

INHAB'ITANT, noun A dweller; one who dwells or resides permanently in a place, or who has a fixed residence, as distinguished from an occasional lodger or visitor; as the inhabitant of a house or cottage; the inhabitants of a town, city, county or state. So brute animals are inhabitants of the regions to which their natures are adapted; and we speak of spiritual beings, as inhabitants of heaven.

1. One who has a legal settlement in a town, city or parish. The conditions or qualifications which constitute a person an inhabitant of a town or parish, so as to subject the town or parish to support him, if a pauper, are defined by the statutes of different governments or states.


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Inhabitation

INHABITA'TION, noun The act of inhabiting, or state of being inhabited.

1. Abode; place of dwelling.

2. Population; whole mass of inhabitants.

[This word is little use.]


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Inhabited

INHAB'ITED, participle passive Occupied by inhabitants, human or irrational.


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Inhabiter

INHAB'ITER, noun One who inhabits; a dweller; an inhabitant.


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Inhabiting

INHAB'ITING, participle present tense Dwelling in; occupying as a settled or permanent inhabitant; residing in.


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Inhabitress

INHAB'ITRESS, noun A female inhabitant.