cohabit

[ koh-hab-it ]

/ koʊˈhæb ɪt /

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verb (used without object)

to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.

to live together in an intimate relationship.

to dwell with another or share the same place, as different species of animals.

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Origin of cohabit

1520–30; <Late Latin cohabitāre, equivalent to co-co- + habitāre to have possession, abide (frequentative of habēre to have, own)

OTHER WORDS FROM cohabit

co·hab·it·ant, co·hab·it·er, nounco·hab·i·ta·tion, nounnon·co·hab·i·ta·tion, noun

Words nearby cohabit

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How to use cohabit in a sentence

However, the utopian world of Friends somehow portrays cohabiting with your buddies as a more complicated experience than this “reality” program.
‘Twentysomethings: Austin’ Is Netflix’s Horny, Silly Stab at a Pandemic ‘Real World’|Kyndall Cunningham|December 17, 2021|The Daily Beast
As one happily cohabiting woman told me, she thought her first husband would be a great father, and he was.
Why Older Couples Don't Need Marriage to Have Great Relationships|Francine Russo|September 19, 2021|Time
Centuries ago, Kumandra was a happy land freely cohabited by the five human tribes and dragons, until the land was invaded by a strange monster species called the Druun, who turn everything they touch to stone.
Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon is a sumptuous fantasy — but it makes a mess of Southeast Asian culture|Aja Romano|March 5, 2021|Vox
Once we’re cohabiting in one place, I think that would be the next move that logically would happen.
Date Lab: One of our setups is still going strong two years later. We caught up with Willie and Renee for an update.|Marin Cogan|February 11, 2021|Washington Post

In some tribes, to cohabit with their mothers, sisters, and daughters was esteemed the means of domestic peace.
The Lusiad|Lus de Cames
The regulations are always a conventionalization which sets the terms, modes, and conditions under which a pair may cohabit.
Folkways|William Graham Sumner
Agreement to cohabit, followed by cohabitation, constituted marriage by the canon law.
Folkways|William Graham Sumner
It is despicable unjustly to be jealous of your wife; but it is infamy to cohabit with her if you know her to be guilty.
Advice to Young Men|William Cobbett
At a certain time of the year these women unite with their neighbours, and cohabit with them.
The Conquest of the River Plate (1535-1555)|Ulrich Schmidt

British Dictionary definitions for cohabit

cohabit

/ (kəʊˈhæbɪt) /

verb

(intr) to live together as husband and wife, esp without being married

Derived forms of cohabit

cohabitee, cohabitant or cohabiter, noun

Word Origin for cohabit

C16: via Late Latin, from Latin co- together + habitāre to live

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