▪ I. † inˈhabitate, pa. pple. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. inhabitāt-us, pa. pple. of inhabitāre: see next.]
Inhabited.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 341 Giraldus rehersethe and seithe that londe was inhabitate [L. inhabitata] firste of Casera. |
▪ II. † inˈhabitate, v. Obs.
[f. ppl. stem of L. inhabitāre to inhabit.]
trans. To inhabit.
| 1600 Holland Livy 992 Of all the people which inhabitate Asia, the Gaules are most renowmed for valiance in warre. 1644 Digby Nat. Bodies xxxviii. (1645) 403 The first discoverers of Islands not inhabitated by men. 1720 Mrs. Manley Power of Love iv. 259 Building Castles in the Air, that could never be inhabitated. |