Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
INHABITS
Verb
inhabits
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inhabit
Source: Wiktionary
INHABIT
In*hab"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhabited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhabiting.] Etym: [OE. enhabiten, OF. enhabiter, L. inhabitare; pref. in- in + habitare to dwell. See Habit.]
Definition: To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15. O, who would inhabit This bleak world alone Moore.
In*hab"it, v. i.
Definition: To have residence in a place; to dwell; to live; to abide. [Archaic or Poetic] Shak. They say wild beasts inhabit here. Waller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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