Hypertext Webster Gateway: "habited"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Habit \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
habited
adj : dressed in a habit; "the habited men of the monastery"
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