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habitable

Translation
habitable
—habitability, habitableness, n. —habitably, adv.
/hab"i teuh beuhl/, adj.
capable of being inhabited.
[1350-1400; ME habitabilis, equiv. to habita(re) to inhabit (see HABITAT) + -bilis -BLE; r. ME abitable < MF]

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