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3d sing. pres. of Abide. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas.

To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country. The Philistines were worsted by the captived ark . . . : they were not able to cohabit with that holy thing. South.

nother, or in the same place or country. No small number of the Danes became peaceable cohabitants with the Saxons in England. Sir W. Raleigh.

e living together of a man and woman in supposed sexual relationship. That the duty of cohabitation is released by the cruelty of one of the parties is admitted. Lord Stowell.

A cohabitant. Hobbes.

One who dwells with another, or with others. "Coinhabitants of the same element." Dr. H. More.

o dislodge. [Obs.] Those sleeping stones . . . from their fixed beds of lime Had been dishabited. Shak.

Rendered uninhabited. "Dishabited towns." R. Carew.

To render unaccustomed.

Uninhabited. [Obs.]

or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body.

Habitableness.

Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; as, the habitable world. -- Hab"it*a*ble*ness, n. -- Hab"it*a*bly, adv.

Same as Habitant, 2. General met an emissary . . . sent . . . to ascertain the feelings of the habitans or French yeomanry. W. Irwing.

Dwelling; abode; residence. [Obs.] Spenser.

Same as Inhabitancy.

An inhabitant; a dweller. Milton. Pope.

Place where anything is commonly found. This word has its habitat in Oxfordshire. Earle.

The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy. Denham.