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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. the native habitat or home of an animal or plant;

2. housing that someone is living in;
- Example: "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"
- Example: "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
[syn: dwelling, home, domicile, abode, habitation, dwelling house]

3. the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men);
- Example: "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony"
[syn: inhabitancy, inhabitation, habitation]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Habitation \Hab`i*ta"tion\ (h[a^]b"[i^]*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [F.
   habitation, L. habitatio.]
   1. The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or
      of being inhabited; occupancy. --Denham.
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   2. Place of abode; settled dwelling; residence; house.
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            The Lord . . . blesseth the habitation of the just.
                                                  --Prov. iii.
                                                  33.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

habitation
    n 1: the native habitat or home of an animal or plant
    2: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest
       dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes
       for the homeless" [syn: dwelling, home, domicile,
       abode, habitation, dwelling house]
    3: the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said
       of both animals and men); "he studied the creation and
       inhabitation and demise of the colony" [syn: inhabitancy,
       inhabitation, habitation]