habited

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. dressed in a habit“the habited men of the monastery”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Habit \Hab"it\ (h[a^]b"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Habited; p. pr. & vb. n. Habiting.] [OE. habiten to dwell, F. habiter, fr. L. habitare to have frequently, to dwell, intens. fr. habere to have. See Habit, n.]

1.To inhabit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

In thilke places as they [birds] habiten.— Rom. of R.[1913 Webster]

2.To dress; to clothe; to array. [1913 Webster]

They habited themselves like those rural deities.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

3.To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]

Habited \Hab"it*ed\ (h[a^]b"[i^]t*[e^]d), p. p. & a.

1.Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd. [1913 Webster]

2.Fixed by habit; accustomed. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

So habited he was in sobriety.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]

3.Inhabited. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Another world, which is habited by the ghosts of men and women.— Addison.[1913 Webster]
clothed \clothed\ adj.

1.wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: adorned(predicate), bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked out(predicate); appareled, attired, clad, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed; arrayed, panoplied; breeched, pantalooned, trousered; bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed: decent] [Narrower terms: dight] [Narrower terms: dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up] [Narrower terms: gowned] [Narrower terms: habited] [Narrower terms: heavy-coated] [Narrower terms: overdressed] [Narrower terms: petticoated] [Narrower terms: red-coated, lobster-backed] [Narrower terms: surpliced] [Narrower terms: togged dressed esp in smart clothes)] [Narrower terms: turned out] [Narrower terms: underdressed] [Narrower terms: uniformed] [Narrower terms: vestmented] Also See: adorned, decorated. Antonym: unclothed. [WordNet 1.5]

2.covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak. fog-cloaked meadows

Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped. [WordNet 1.5]

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