dishabit

(dɪsˈhæbɪt)

vb (tr)

obsolete to dislodge

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Elsewhere, in portions of Oviedo's Historia General y Natural de las Indias, he observes how the "citie of Saint Domingo, was almost dishabited by this great Armie of little creatures" (quoted in Purchas 15: 226).

Insects, colonies, and idealization in the early Americas *

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