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Adjective: inhabited  in'ha-bi-tid
  1. Having inhabitants; lived in
    "the inhabited regions of the earth"
Verb: inhabit  in'ha-bit
  1. Be an inhabitant of; spend most of one's life in
    "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted";
    - populate, dwell, live
     
  2. Be present in
    "sweet memories inhabit this house"
     
  3. Exist or be situated within
    "Strange notions inhabited her mind";
    - dwell

See also: colonised [Brit], colonized, haunted, occupied, owner-occupied, peopled, populated, populous, rock-inhabiting, settled, tenanted, thickly settled, underpopulated

Type of: be, exist

Antonym: uninhabited

Encyclopedia: Inhabited

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