Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inhabitation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inhabitation \In*hab`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. inhabitatio a dwelling.]
1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited;
indwelling.
The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost. --Bp. Pearson.
2. Abode; place of dwelling; residence. [Obs.] --Milton.
3. Population; inhabitants. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
The beginning of nations and of the world's
inhabitation. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
inhabitation
n : the act of inhabiting [syn: {inhabitancy}, {habitation}]
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