inhabit

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
  2. verb be present in
  3. verb exist or be situated within

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

populate, dwell, live

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