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Cohabited

Cohabit \Co*hab"it\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cohabited; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohabiting.] [L. cohabitare; co- + habitare to dwell, to have possession of (a place), freg. of habere to have. See Habit, n. & v.]

  1. To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country.

    The Philistines were worsted by the captived ark . . . : they were not able to cohabit with that holy thing.
    --South.

  2. To dwell or live together as husband and wife.

    The law presumes that husband and wife cohabit together, even after a voluntary separation has taken place between them.
    --Bouvier.

    Note: By the common law as existing in the United States, marriage is presumed when a man and woman cohabit permanently together, being reputed by those who know them to be husband and wife, and admitting the relationship.
    --Wharton.

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cohabited

vb. (en-past of: cohabit)

Usage examples of "cohabited".

Though Doona was cohabited by Humans and Hrrubans, each race had committed to a Treaty spedfying separate territorial rights to all other claimed systems.

It's the old flatheads in Spacedep who want us to go back to square one and pretend that a cohabited colony never happened.

A majority of people who marry this year will have cohabited with someone already, even though statistics show that cohabitation greatly increases the likelihood of divorce.

Barna cites these statistics: "A majority of people who marry this year will have cohabited with someone before getting married.