inhabit
verb (used with object)
to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals.
reinhabit
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a word derived from
inhabit.
Example Sentences
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Realizing that they’re headed to the slaughterhouse, the animals rebel against the humans, save themselves, and reinhabit the farm, establishing their own system of checks and balances to ensure their survival.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
How will we reinhabit these spaces, once the novel coronavirus has run its course?
From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2020
Still, I remember what it felt like to be seen when I was hardly there, what it felt like to reinhabit my body, like a hopeful ghost floating back to where it belonged.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2020
It can also offer, more positively, a chance to reinhabit a favorite character, to get the band back together, to make a certain music only those players can play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2018
I lighted a fire to broil the fish for breakfast, as there was a sufficiency left, and then got my fishing-lines ready to catch some larger fish to reinhabit my pond at the bathing pool.
From The Little Savage by Frederick Marryat
