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habited
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Habit \Hab"it\ (h[a^]b"[i^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Habited; p. pr. & vb. n. Habiting.] [OE. habiten to dwell, F. habiter, fr. L. habitare to have frequently, to dwell, intens. fr. habere to have. See Habit, n.] 1. To inhabit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] In thilke places as they [birds] habiten. --Rom. of R. [1913 Webster] 2. To dress; to clothe; to array. [1913 Webster] They habited themselves like those rural deities. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To accustom; to habituate. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Habited \Hab"it*ed\ (h[a^]b"[i^]t*[e^]d), p. p. & a.
1. Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a
shepherd.
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2. Fixed by habit; accustomed. [Obs.]
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So habited he was in sobriety. --Fuller.
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3. Inhabited. [Archaic]
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Another world, which is habited by the ghosts of men
and women. --Addison.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
clothed \clothed\ adj.
1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: {adorned(predicate),
bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked
out(predicate)}; {appareled, attired, clad, dressed,
garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; {arrayed,
panoplied}; breeched, pantalooned, trousered;
bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed:
decent] [Narrower terms: dight] [Narrower terms:
{dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to
kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up}]
[Narrower terms: gowned] [Narrower terms: habited]
[Narrower terms: heavy-coated] [Narrower terms:
overdressed] [Narrower terms: petticoated] [Narrower
terms: red-coated, lobster-backed] [Narrower terms:
surpliced] [Narrower terms: {togged dressed esp in smart
clothes)}] [Narrower terms: turned out] [Narrower terms:
underdressed] [Narrower terms: uniformed] [Narrower
terms: vestmented] Also See: adorned, decorated.
Antonym: unclothed.
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2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
fog-cloaked meadows
Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
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