Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - inhabit

 verb  Etymology: Middle English enhabiten, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French ~er, enhabiter, from Latin ~are, from in- + habitare to dwell, frequentative of habere to have — more at give  Date: 14th century  transitive verb  1. to occupy as a place of settled residence or habitat ; live in ~ a small house  2. to be present in or occupy in any manner or form the human beings who ~ this tale — Al Newman  intransitive verb archaic to have residence in a place ; dwell  • ~able adjective  • ~er noun