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enhabiter (s.xii1)
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The form inhabitant is a cross reference to the following entry:

enhabiter (s.xii1)

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enabiter;  inhabiter  (innhabier  Iter paris 136)  
  FEW:  habitare 4,369b Gdf:  enhabiter 3,185a GdfC: ∅ TL: enabiter 3,161 DEAF:  abiter (enabiter)  DMF:  enhabiter  TLF: ∅ OED:  inhabit v.  MED:  enhabiten v.  DMLBS:  inhabitare 1375a
v.trans.1to inhabit, dwell in 2to populate
v.intrans.to dwell
v.refl.to install oneself, take up residence
p.pr. as gerund
p.pr. as s.1inhabitant

v.trans.

1to inhabit, dwell in: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) Espeire el Seignur e fai buntet, e enhabite la terre (Latin: et inhabita terram)  Oxf Ps ANTS 62.36.3
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  De trestoz les Jewes dont avoms parlez Dont Jerusalem fut enhabitez  Rom Chev ANTS 3797
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Les deus foreins (=zones) nul n’enhabite Pur le grant froit  Pet Phil 397
( c.1259; MS: c.1259 ) Brutus, ki primes enhabita Engleterre, la (=London) funda  Iter paris 153
2to populate: 
( 1327 )  [...] pur plus hastivement enhabiter les pais des bones gentz pur defense de la terre  Northumb 192
( 1330 )  les lues avauntdistes herberger et enabyter  Rot Parl1 ii 47
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  [...] gentz pur enhabiter la terre d’Armonik  TREVET Cron1 169.12
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  enhabiter la terre de Israel par noveles gentz estranges  TREVET Cron1 91.20
( 1392-93 )  […] pur inhabiter ses meisons  King’s Council Ireland 18

v.intrans.

to dwell: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Je enhabiterai el tuen tabernacle  Oxf Ps ANTS 77.60.4
( 1404; MS: s.xv1 )  ceux qui ont terres [...] en nostre paroche, si bien come ceux qi enhabitont en icelle  Lett & Pet 379.18

v.refl.

to install oneself, take up residence: 
( 1347-48 )  la greindre partie des gentz de meisme la dite ville se ount enhabitez aillours  Rot Parl1 ii 211
( 1410 )  purposent de guerpre la ville et lour enhabiter en autry lieu  Rot Parl1 iii 639
( 1433 )  lez persones suspectz eux enhabitent en comunes hostries & tavernes  Stats ii 278

p.pr. as gerund

living: 
( 1421 )  [...] del almoigne des gents [...] illoeqes enhabitantz  Rot Parl1 iv 156

p.pr. as s.

inhabitant: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 ) de lui acertes seient esmout tuit li enhabitant le cercle  Oxf Ps ANTS 60.32.8
( 1391 )  queux pays et les enhabitantz […] sont tournez a l’enemytes  Rot Parl1 iii 294
( 1398 )  en cas que aucun debate y soit entre les capiteins des chasteulz et les enhabitantz, occupiours ou demorantz  Rot Scot ii 143
( 1399 )  les enhabitantz des ditz citee et contees  Rot Parl1 iii 426
( 1401-02; MS: s.xv1 )  toutz les enhabitantz en la dite ville  Lett & Pet 391.26

p.p.

estre enhabité
to live, dwell: 
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  ceaux qe demurrent pres de la mer et sur la ryve sount habitz (var. (C: s.xivex) enhabités) sovent ount lour fosses pleyns de eawe  Sz Med1 91
♦to reside, be lodged (in): 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  N’est nule merveille si force seit ové nostre seignur en abité (l. enabité) par sa grace  Ancren2 4.17

See also:

reenhabiter 
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