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)
- (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
- second-person plural present active imperative of inhabitō