habited

[ hab-i-tid ]

/ ˈhæb ɪ tɪd /

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adjective

dressed or clothed, especially in a habit: habited nuns.

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Origin of habited

First recorded in 1595–1605; habit¹ + -ed³

Words nearby habited

habitan, habitancy, habitant, habitat, habitation, habited, habit-forming, habitual, habitually, habituate, habituation

Other definitions for habited (2 of 2)

habited²

[ hab-i-tid ]

/ ˈhæb ɪ tɪd /

adjective Archaic.

inhabited.

Origin of habited

habit² + -ed²

How to use habited in a sentence

He was met at the gates by a young damsel, habited as Flora, who delivered him the keys of the city.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
It is needless to add, that they were young ladies habited as peasants, and that there was a masque at the chateau.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
The men are habited in black; the women in the dress of nuns.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808|Lt-Col. Pinkney
Two squires of the Norman Duke led in an Arab, muscular, bright-eyed, decently habited.
God Wills It!|William Stearns Davis

His torn, dirty garb, the same in which they habited him upon his degradation, excited the commisseration of the people.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe

British Dictionary definitions for habited

habited

/ (ˈhæbɪtɪd) /

adjective

dressed in a habit

clothed

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habited

Origin of habited

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Other definitions for habited (2 of 2)

Origin of habited

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British Dictionary definitions for habited