inhabitation

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inhabitation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Inhabitation \In*hab`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. inhabitatio a dwelling.]
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     1. The act of inhabiting, or the state of being inhabited;
        indwelling.
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              The inhabitation of the Holy Ghost.   --Bp. Pearson.
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     2. Abode; place of dwelling; residence. [Obs.] --Milton.
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     3. Population; inhabitants. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
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              The beginning of nations and of the world's
              inhabitation.                         --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
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inhabitation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  inhabitation
      n 1: the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place
           (said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation
           and inhabitation and demise of the colony" [syn:
           inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation]