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inhabitation en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English inhabit Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English inhabitation From inhabit + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling.
2. (countable, uncountable) Abode; place of dwelling; residence.
3. (countable, uncountable) Population; inhabitants.
   • Noiſe call you it or univerſal groan / As if the whole inhabitation periſ'd, / Blood, death, and deathful deeds are in the noiſe, / Ruin, deſtruction at the utmoſt point. 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, pages 88–89, lines 1522–1525:

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