Cohabit

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              The Philistines were worsted by the captived ark . .
              . : they were not able to cohabit with that holy
              thing.                                --South.
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     2. To dwell or live together as husband and wife.
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              The law presumes that husband and wife cohabit
              together, even after a voluntary separation has
              taken place between them.             --Bouvier.
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     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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cohabit
       v : room or live together; usually said of people who are not
           married and live together as a couple [syn: {shack up}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "cohabit":
     abide, ball, be intimate, berth, bunk, come together,
     commit adultery, copulate, couple, cover, diddle, domicile,
     domiciliate, doss down, dwell, fornicate, frig, hang out, have sex,
     have sexual relations, inhabit, lay, lie with, live, live together,
     lodge, make it with, make love, make out, mate, mount, nest,
     occupy, perch, remain, reside, room, roost, screw, serve, service,
     sleep with, squat, stay, tenant