First Known Use: circa 1530
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cohabit
verb co·hab·it \(ˌ)kō-ˈha-bət\
: to live together and have a sexual relationship
Full Definition of COHABIT
intransitive verb
1
: to live together as or as if a married couple
2
a : to live together or in company <buffaloes cohabiting with crossbred cows — Biological Abstracts> b : to exist together <two strains in his philosophy…cohabit in each of his major works — Justus Buchler>
— co·hab·i·tant \-bə-tənt\ noun
— co·hab·i·ta·tion \(ˌ)kō-ˌha-bə-ˈtā-shən\ noun
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Origin of COHABIT
Late Latin cohabitare, from Latin co- + habitare to inhabit, from frequentative of habēre to have — more at give
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