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▪ I. † disinˈhabit, ppl. a.
Short for disinhabited.
1530Palsgr. 519/2 This countraye is utterly disinhabyt, ce pays est entierement depopulé.
▪ II. † disinˈhabit, v. Obs.
[f. dis- 6 + inhabit v.]
trans. To rid or deprive of inhabitants; to dispeople.
1530Palsgr. 519/2, I disinhabyte a countrey, I make it barayne of dwellynge people. 1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. liv. 117 The Citie beeing thus disinhabited. 1607Topsell Serpents (1658) 601 Some places have been disinhabited, and dispeopled by Serpents. 1818Todd s.v. Dishabit, In modern times we sometimes use disinhabit for it.
b. refl. To remove one's dwelling.
1679G. R. tr. Boyatuau's Theat. World iii. 220 Caused the People to dis-inhabit themselves.
Hence † disinˈhabited ppl. a., uninhabited, without inhabitants.
1600Hakluyt Voyages III. 374 (R.) Nothing but exceeding rough mountaines..vtterly disinhabited and voyd of people. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. I. 157 Hee..dwels in places vn-peopled and dis-inhabitted. 1632Lithgow Trav. viii. 374 Wee were long or night involved in a dis-inhabited Country. 1684Bucaniers Amer. i. (ed. 2) 5 That part of this Island..is totally dis-inhabited. |