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Cohabitation

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co·hab·it  (k-hbt)
intr.v. co·hab·it·ed, co·hab·it·ing, co·hab·its
1. To live together in a sexual relationship, especially when not legally married.
2. To coexist, as animals of different species.
[Late Latin cohabitre : Latin co-, co- + Latin habitre, to dwell; see inhabit.]
co·habi·tant, co·habit·er n.
co·habi·tation n.
co·habi·tation·al adj.
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Noun1.Cohabitationcohabitation - the act of living together and having a sexual relationship (especially without being married)
inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation - the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony"
concubinage - cohabitation without being legally married


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It is equally unnecessary to state to what a degree that whole cathedral was familiar to him, after so long and so intimate a cohabitation.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
No form or ceremony, civil or religious; no notice before, or publication after; no cohabitation, no writing, no witnesses even, are essential to the constitution of this, the most important contract which two persons can enter into.
Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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