Inhabit, v. i.
To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide. [Archaic or Poetic] Shak. They say wild beasts inhabit here. Waller.
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Inhabit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhabited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhabiting.]
To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15. O, who would inhabit This bleak world alone Moore.
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Fernald has no entry of its own for inhabit; he lists it under abide.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.