Definition: inhabit

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

inhabit
     v 1: make one's home or live in; "There are only 250,000 people
          in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These
          people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted";
          "The plains are sparsely populated" [syn: dwell, shack,
           reside, live, people, populate]
     2: be present in; be inside of [syn: occupy]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Inhabit \In*hab"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhabited; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Inhabiting.] [OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L.
   inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See Habit.]
   To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled
   residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit
   cities and houses.

         The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is.
                                                  lvii. 15.

         O, who would inhabit This bleak world alone? --Moore.
Inhabit \In*hab"it\, v. i.
   To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.
   [Archaic or Poetic] --Shak.

         They say wild beasts inhabit here.       --Waller.