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inhabit

verb as in take up residence in

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"Salman Rushdie's new fiction moves between the places he has grown up in, inhabited, explored, and left," the publisher said.

From BBC

When the crew of the colonization mission discover that their new home, an ice planet called Niflheim, is inhabited by armadillo-like crawler creatures, they wonder what to do about this unanticipated roadblock in their efforts.

From Salon

On sunny days like this, the mother and daughter come here to marvel at the seabirds that inhabit this coastline.

From BBC

Each weighing about 20 pounds and known for their sand-colored fluffy tails, the monkeys that inhabit this island today are descendants of those brought over by primatologist Clarence Carpenter in the late 1930s.

From Salon

If barred owls’ expansion is left unchecked, some experts believe they’ll go on to decimate California spotted owls — which inhabit California’s central and southern mature forests.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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