Inhabitation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited; indwelling. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men) wordnet
  3. 3
    Abode; place of dwelling; residence. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Population; inhabitants. countable, uncountable

    "Noiſe call you it or univerſal groan / As if the whole inhabitation periſ'd, / Blood, death, and deathful deeds are in the noiſe, / Ruin, deſtruction at the utmoſt point."

Synonyms

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abodecohabitationdwellinghabitationinhabitancyinhabitancy

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"Noiſe call you it or univerſal groan / As if the whole inhabitation periſ'd, / Blood, death, and deathful deeds are in the noiſe, / Ruin, deſtruction at the utmoſt point."

Etymology

From inhabit + -ation.

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