occupy, live in, dwell in, reside in; populate
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Inhabit Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Bakhtin used this term to talk about the way in which our utterances are based on (or are responses to) others to whom we respond. So, when someone says, out of the blue, "Life is hard," it can be presumed that this is a response to someone else (who inhabits our utterances) who said this (and the utterance simply affirms it), who denies this (and the denies it), and so forth.
Inhabit Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses.
To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses.
(v. i.)
To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.
inhabit
\in*hab"it\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. inhabited; p. pr. & vb. n. inhabiting.] [oe. enhabiten, of. enhabiter, l. inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. see habit.] to live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses. the high and lofty one, that inhabiteth eternity. lvii. 15. o, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?
inhabit
\in*hab"it\, v. i. to have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide. [archaic or poetic] they say wild beasts inhabit here.
inhabit
v
1. make one's home or live in; "there are only 250,000 people in iceland"; "i live in a 200-year old house"; "these people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "the plains are sparsely populated" [syn: dwell, shack, reside, live, people, populate]
2. be present in; be inside of [syn: occupy]
Verb
1. make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"
(synonym) dwell, shack, reside, live, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) neighbor, neighbour
(derivation) inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation
2. be present in; be inside of
(synonym) occupy
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) tenant
(derivation) inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation
Inhabit Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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