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habiter

French → English

verb//a.bi.te//

(habitation) To live in: to reside habitually in a place; to dwell

J'habite au numéro treize de cette rue étroite.

(English) I live at number thirteen on this narrow street.

Il était allé habiter chez une amie pour quelques mois.

(English) He had gone to live with a friend for a few months.

verb//a.bi.te//

(figurative) To inhabit: to be strongly present in someone's mind or heart

Une obsession unique habitait l'esprit du physicien.

(English) A single obsession inhabited the physicist's mind.

La hargne qui l’habitait durcissait ses traits du visage.

(English) The resentment that inhabited him hardened his facial features.

Entry ID: fr:en:habiter · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary