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Verb: cohabit  kow'ha-bit
  1. Share living quarters, usually said of unmarried couples
    "Once a marriage has ended, people may choose to do one of three things: cohabit, remarry, or remain unmarried";
    - live together, shack up [informal]
     
  2. Exist together or at the same time
    "In this ecosystem, many species cohabit peacefully";
    - coexist

Derived forms: cohabited, cohabiting, cohabits

Type of: be, dwell, exist, inhabit, live, populate

Encyclopedia: Cohabit