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cohabit
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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.

cohabit
Verb
to live together as husband and wife without being married [Latin co- together + habitare to live]
cohabitation n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.cohabit - share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple
inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
miscegenate - marry or cohabit with a person of another race
Translations
cohabit [kəuˈhæbɪt] vi (formal): to cohabit (with sb) → cohabitar (con algn)
cohabit [kəuˈhæbɪt] vi (formal);
to cohabit (with sb) → cohabiter (avec qn)
cohabit [kəuˈhæbɪt] vi (formal) → in eheähnlicher Gemeinschaft leben;
to cohabit (with sb) → (mit jdm) zusammenleben
cohabit [kəuˈhæbɪt] vi (formal): to cohabit (with sb) → coabitare (con qn)


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Dan initially picks up visiting American waif Alice, but a year or so of cohabitational bliss later, he meets and makes a play for Anna.
In genuine marriage, however, "there is set in motion a deep and permanent sexual and emotional bond between one man and one woman which is a life-long, complex, intimate, cohabitational, day-to-day, bonding of two sex-opposite lives.
This is true at all ages for cohabitational partners ranging from a difference of about 1 year for the 20- to 29-year-olds to about 3 to 4 years for the oldest age group.
 
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