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<hw>Hab"it*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Habitableness.</def>

<h1>Habitable</h1> <Xpage=661>

<hw>Hab"it*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <er>habitable</er>, L. <ets>habitbilis</ets>.]</ety> <def>Capable of being inhabited; that may be inhabited or dwelt in; <as>as, the <ex>habitable</ex> world</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Hab"it*a*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Hab"it*a*bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

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<h1>Habitakle</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>Hab"ita*kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>habitacle</ets> dwelling place, binnacle, L. <ets>habitaculum</ets> dwelling place. See <er>Binnacle</er>, <er>Habit</er>, <tt>v.</tt>]</ety> <def>A dwelling place.</def>

<i>Chaucer. Southey.</i>

<h1>Habitan</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>Ha`bi`tan"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Habitant</er>, 2.</def>

<blockquote>General met an emissary . . . sent . . . to ascertain the feelings of the <b>habitans</b> or French yeomanry. <i>W. Irwing.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Habitance</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>Hab"it*ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>habitance</ets>, LL. <ets>habitania</ets>.]</ety> <def>Dwelling; abode; residence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Habiitancy</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>Habi"it*an*cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Inhabitancy</er>.</def>

<h1>Habitant</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>Hab`it*ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>habitant</ets>. See <er>Habit</er>, <tt>v.</tt><ets>t</ets>]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>An inhabitant; a dweller.</def>

<i>Milton. Pope.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[F. <it>pron.</it> <tt>(<?/)</tt>]</ety> <def>An inhabitant or resident; -- a name applied to and denoting farmers of French descent or origin in Canada, especially in the Province of Quebec; -- usually in plural.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>habitants</b> or cultivators of the soil. <i>Parkman.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Habitat</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>Hab`i*tat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., it dwells, fr. <ets>habitare</ets>. See <er>Habit</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>The natural abode, locality or region of an animal or plant.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Place where anything is commonly found.</def>

<blockquote>This word has its <b>habitat</b> in Oxfordshire. <i>Earle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Habitation</h1> <Xpage=662>

<hw>Hab`i*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>habitation</ets>, L. <ets>habi</ets>(<?/)<ets>atio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.</def>

<i>Denham.</i>