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
But Clinton will also reinhabit the underdog role that she used to great effect in her come-from-behind primary win here over Barack Obama in 2008.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2016
Add to this the difficulty of finding people to reinhabit it if suddenly unpeopled.
From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Augustus J. Thebaud
