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Barnabite
Barnabite Bar"na*bite, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas.
CohabitedCohabit Co*hab"it, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cohabited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Cohabiting.] [L. cohabitare; co- + habitare to
dwell, to have possession of (a place), freg. of habere to
have. See Habit, n. & v.]
1. To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or
country.
The Philistines were worsted by the captived ark . .
. : they were not able to cohabit with that holy
thing. --South.
2. To dwell or live together as husband and wife.
The law presumes that husband and wife cohabit
together, even after a voluntary separation has
taken place between them. --Bouvier.
Note: By the common law as existing in the United States,
marriage is presumed when a man and woman cohabit
permanently together, being reputed by those who know
them to be husband and wife, and admitting the
relationship. --Wharton. Cohabiter
Cohabiter Co*hab"it*er, n.
A cohabitant. --Hobbes.
Dishabited
Dishabited Dis*hab"it*ed, p. a.
Rendered uninhabited. ``Dishabited towns.' --R. Carew.
Disinhabited
Disinhabited Dis`in*hab"it*ed, a.
Uninhabited. [Obs.]
HabitedHabit Hab"it (h[a^]b"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Habited; p.
pr. & vb. n. Habiting.] [OE. habiten to dwell, F. habiter,
fr. L. habitare to have frequently, to dwell, intens. fr.
habere to have. See Habit, n.]
1. To inhabit. [Obs.]
In thilke places as they [birds] habiten. --Rom. of
R.
2. To dress; to clothe; to array.
They habited themselves lite those rural deities.
--Dryden.
3. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] Chapman. Habited
Habited Hab`it*ed, p. p. & a.
1. Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a
shepherd.
2. Fixed by habit; accustomed. [Obs.]
So habited he was in sobriety. --Fuller.
3. Inhabited. [Archaic]
Another world, which is habited by the ghosts of men
and women. --Addison.
InhabitedInhabit In*hab"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhabited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Inhabiting.] [OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L.
inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See Habit.]
To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled
residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit
cities and houses.
The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is.
lvii. 15.
O, who would inhabit This bleak world alone? --Moore. Inhabited
Inhabited In*hab"it*ed, a.
Uninhabited. [Obs.] --Brathwait.
Inhabiter
Inhabiter In*hab"it*er, n.
An inhabitant. [R.] --Derham.
Moabite
Moabite Mo"ab*ite, n.
One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. (--Gen. xix.
37.) Also used adjectively.
Moabite stone
Moabite stone Mo"ab*ite stone (Arch[ae]ol.)
A block of black basalt, found at Dibon in Moab by Rev. F. A.
Klein, Aug. 19, 1868, which bears an inscription of
thirty-four lines, dating from the 9th century b. c., and
written in the Moabite alphabet, the oldest Ph[oe]nician type
of the Semitic alphabet. It records the victories of Mesha,
king of Moab, esp. those over Israel (--2 Kings iii. 4, 5,
27).
Moabitess
Moabitess Mo"ab*i`tess, n.
A female Moabite. --Ruth i. 22.
Rechabite
Rechabite Re"chab*ite, n. (Jewish Hist.)
One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of
whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating
drinks and even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19.
Also, in modern times, a member of a certain society of
abstainers from alcoholic liquors.
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