habited

¹

[ hab-i-tid ]

adjective

1. dressed or clothed, especially in a habit:

   habited nuns.

habited

²

[ hab-i-tid ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. inhabited.

habited

/ ˈhæbɪtɪd /

adjective

1. dressed in a habit
2. clothed

Word History and Origins

Origin of habited¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; habit ¹ + -ed ³

Origin of habited²

habit ² + -ed ²

Example Sentences

He was met at the gates by a young damsel, habited as Flora, who delivered him the keys of the city.

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It is needless to add, that they were young ladies habited as peasants, and that there was a masque at the chateau.

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The men are habited in black; the women in the dress of nuns.

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Two squires of the Norman Duke led in an Arab, muscular, bright-eyed, decently habited.

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His torn, dirty garb, the same in which they habited him upon his degradation, excited the commisseration of the people.

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