habitation
nounEtymology
From Middle English habitacioun, from Old French habitacion, abitacion (“act of dwelling”), from Latin habitātiōnem, accusative of Latin habitātiō.
- derived from habitātiō
- derived from habitātiōnem
- derived from habitacion
- inherited from habitacioun
Definitions
The act of inhabiting
The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.
- Witness this new-made world, another Heaven From Heaven-gate not far, founded in view On the clear hyaline, the glassy sea; Of amplitude almost immense, with stars Numerous, and every star perhaps a world Of destined habitation […]
- The few miserable hovels that shewed some marks of human habitation, were now of still rarer occurrence; and, at length, as we began to ascend a huge and uninterrupted swell of moorland, they totally disappeared.
A place of abode
A place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
- And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen Turns them to shapes and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name.
- Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
- Mrs Deborah, having disposed of the child according to the will of her master, now prepared to visit those habitations which were supposed to conceal its mother.
A group, lodge, or company, as of the Primrose League.
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A farm, ranch or plantation.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at habitation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at habitation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at habitation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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