▪ I. † disinˈhabit, ppl. a.
Short for disinhabited.
| 1530 Palsgr. 519/2 This countraye is utterly disinhabyt, ce pays est entierement depopulé. |
▪ II. † disinˈhabit, v. Obs.
[f. dis- 6 + inhabit v.]
trans. To rid or deprive of inhabitants; to dispeople.
| 1530 Palsgr. 519/2, I disinhabyte a countrey, I make it barayne of dwellynge people. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. liv. 117 The Citie beeing thus disinhabited. 1607 Topsell Serpents (1658) 601 Some places have been disinhabited, and dispeopled by Serpents. 1818 Todd s.v. Dishabit, In modern times we sometimes use disinhabit for it. |
b. refl. To remove one's dwelling.
| 1679 G. R. tr. Boyatuau's Theat. World iii. 220 Caused the People to dis-inhabit themselves. |
Hence † disinˈhabited ppl. a., uninhabited, without inhabitants.
| 1600 Hakluyt Voyages III. 374 (R.) Nothing but exceeding rough mountaines..vtterly disinhabited and voyd of people. 1622 Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. I. 157 Hee..dwels in places vn-peopled and dis-inhabitted. 1632 Lithgow Trav. viii. 374 Wee were long or night involved in a dis-inhabited Country. 1684 Bucaniers Amer. i. (ed. 2) 5 That part of this Island..is totally dis-inhabited. |