inhabitate

English

Etymology

First attested in 1600; borrowed from Latin inhabitātus, perfect passive participle of inhabitō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of inhabit.

Verb

inhabitate (third-person singular simple present inhabitates, present participle inhabitating, simple past and past participle inhabitated)

  1. (obsolete) To inhabit.
    • 1600, Philemon Holland, A translation of Livy's Ab Urbe Condita:
      Of all the people which inhabitate Asia, the Gaules are most renowmed for valiance in warre.
    • 1644, Kenelm Digby, The Nature of Bodies, XXXVIII:
      The first discoverers of Islands not inhabitated by men.

Derived terms


Latin

Verb

inhabitāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of inhabitō