cohabitate
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of cohabitate
1625–35; < Late Latin cohabitātus, past participle of cohabitāre cohabit; see -ate 1
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The animals who cohabitate with human, whether we appreciate their presence or not, are changing too.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2025
Today, adult children cycle in and out, but few young married couples want to cohabitate with mom and dad.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2024
"We believe that these are signs that there is a level of adaptation for the fungus that helps it cohabitate with the bees," Bush said.
From Science Daily ● May 21, 2024
Ms. McCubbin, and other experts in organizing as well as psychology, said there were a few practical strategies that could help pack rats and neatniks cohabitate in relative harmony.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2024
Alligators raised together in captivity can generally cohabitate peacefully.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
He said he never cohabitated, shared household expenses, or shared a joint account with Ms Willis.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2024
For four years from 1997-98 to 2000-01, they cohabitated with ease.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2023
We lived on forty acres instead of four hundred square feet, cohabitated with roadrunners and rabbits instead of roaches and rats.
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2019
Person 1, age 56, are believed to have cohabitated and been involved in a personal relationship during the course of Butina’s activities in the United States.
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2018
To marry a woman with whom one has cohabitated as a mistress, is termed, making an honest woman of her.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
More than 80% of people in the upper middle class and rich categories were in married or cohabitating households, the Urban Institute analysis found.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Imagine cohabitating with eight other people in an enclosed area the size of a large airplane.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
“Anyone who survives that—not sleeping on the ground or cohabitating with prairie dogs—goes on to reintroduction,” Marinari says.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 4, 2023
“But we do have to remember that we are cohabitating, and this is their house.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 7, 2023
At some point my mom moved to a separate bedroom in the house, and from then on they were married in name only, not even cohabitating but coexisting.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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