Antonyms for habiting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hab-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæb ɪt

Definition of habiting

Origin : early 13c., "characteristic attire of a religious or clerical order," from Old French habit, abit (12c.) "clothing, (ecclesiastical) habit; conduct," from Latin habitus "condition, demeanor, appearance, dress," originally past participle of habere "to have, to hold, possess," from PIE root *ghabh- "to seize, take, hold, have, give, receive" (cf. Sanskrit gabhasti- "hand, forearm;" Old Irish gaibim "I take, hold, I have," gabal "act of taking;" Lithuanian gabana "armful," gabenti "to remove;" Gothic gabei "riches;" Old English giefan, Old Norse gefa "to give").
Base sense probably "to hold," which can be either in offering or in taking. Applied in Latin to both inner and outer states of being, and taken over in both sense by English, though meaning of "dress" is now restricted to monks and nuns. Meaning "customary practice" is early 14c. Drug sense is from 1887.

As in clothe : verb cover with apparel

Example sentences :

They are represented as in habiting numerous small islands in the vicinity of Sooloo: their origin is Badjow.
Extract from : « The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido » by Henry Keppel

From the street door he journeyed by himself to Balham, and habiting his face with grief, he related to Mr. Ward how Jacob died.
Extract from : « My Neighbors » by Caradoc Evans

One of his earliest adventures was the habiting himself in the uniform of an officer, and swaggering in it about town.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 402, April, 1849 » by Various

Synonyms for habiting

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