The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Inhabit \In*hab"it\, v. i.
   To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide.
   [Archaic or Poetic] --Shak.
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         They say wild beasts inhabit here.       --Waller.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. --Is.
                                                  lvii. 15.
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         O, who would inhabit
         This bleak world alone?                  --Moore.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inhabit
    v 1: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in
         Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the
         islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells
         near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the
         woods" [syn: populate, dwell, live, inhabit]
    2: be present in; "sweet memories inhabit this house"
    3: exist or be situated within; "Strange notions inhabited her
       mind" [syn: dwell, inhabit]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

73 Moby Thesaurus words for "inhabit":
   abide, abide in, anchor, be coextensive with, be comprised in,
   be constituted by, be contained in, be present in, berth,
   billet at, bivouac, bunk, burrow, camp, cohabit, colonize,
   come to anchor, consist in, denizen, domesticate, domicile,
   domiciliate, doss down, drop anchor, dwell, dwell in, empeople,
   ensconce, establish residence, exist in, hang out, hive, inhere in,
   keep house, lie in, live, live at, live in, locate, lodge, moor,
   move, nest, occupy, park, people, perch, plant, populate, relocate,
   remain, repose in, reside, reside in, rest in, room, roost,
   set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, settle down, settle in,
   sit down, squat, stand, stay, stay at, strike root, subsist in,
   take residence at, take root, take up residence, tenant