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Definition of "cohabit" []

  • To live together in a sexual relationship, especially when not legally married. (verb-intransitive)
  • To coexist, as animals of different species. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "cohabit" in a sentence
  • "Nkunda, also urged the region's disparate ethnic groups to "cohabit" peacefully."
  • "Gesenius considers this equivalent with "cohabit;" and from this single passage draws the sense which he assigns to [Hebrew: 'iyzebel] This seems rather far-fetched."
  • "All very well for the poor child to make a false step ... or two false steps; but this thing of getting into a 'cohabit' with a monk, and he her uncle, that is a 'hulimination' for the family."