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inhabitable

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in·hab·it  (n-hbt)
v. in·hab·it·ed, in·hab·it·ing, in·hab·its
v.tr.
1. To live or reside in.
2. To be present in; fill: Old childhood memories inhabit the attic.
v.intr. Archaic
To dwell.
[Middle English enhabiten, from Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitre : in-, in; see in-2 + habitre, to dwell, frequentative of habre, to have; see ghabh- in Indo-European roots.]
in·habit·a·bili·ty n.
in·habit·a·ble adj.
in·habi·tation n.
in·habit·er n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.inhabitable - fit for habitation; "the habitable world"
habitable
livable, liveable - fit or suitable to live in or with; "livable conditions"
Translations
inhabitable [ɪnˈhæbɪtəbl] ADJ (gen) → habitable
inhabitable [ɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl] adj → habitable
inhabitable
adj → bewohnbar
inhabitable [ɪnˈhæbɪtəbl] adj → abitabile
inhabitable [ɪnˈhæbɪtəbl] adj → abitabile


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Here Saturn's grey chaos rolls over me, and I obtain dim, shuddering glimpses into those Polar eternities; when wedged bastions of ice pressed hard upon what are now the Tropics; and in all the 25,000 miles of this world's circumference, not an inhabitable hand's breadth of land was visible.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
Of the four inhabitable rooms which were all at the admiral's disposal during the day -- that is to say, of the dining-room, the library, the morning-room, and the drawing-room opening out of the vestibule -- the library appeared to be the apartment in which, if he had a preference, he passed the greater part of his time.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Such being the case, Caprona was inhabitable, if not inhabited, by man; but how to reach the inhabitable interior
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