Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dwelling together; a cohabiting.

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  • verb Present participle of coinhabit.

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Examples

  • They have all been coinhabiting our city in peace and goodwill for centuries.

    Making the History of 1989 1989

  • The "ready and reviving associate," whom he had hoped to find, appeared to be a "coinhabiting mischief," who was sullen, and perhaps seemed bored and tired.

    Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various

  • The “ready and reviving associate, ” whom he had hoped to find, appeared to be a “coinhabiting mischief, ” who was sullen, and perhaps seemed bored and tired.

    John Milton (1859) 1909

  • Not the solace and bliss of a kindred soul's society, which had been his intent and dream; but a darkness, a disturbance, a marring melancholy, a daily and hourly debasement, a coinhabiting mischief!

    The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 David Masson 1864

  • Not the solace and bliss of a kindred soul's society, which had been his intent and dream; but a darkness, a disturbance, a marring melancholy, a daily and hourly debasement, a coinhabiting mischief!

    The Life of John Milton Masson, David, 1822-1907 1859

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