dishabited

English

Etymology 1

Verb

dishabited

1. simple past and past participle of dishabit

Etymology 2

From dis- +‎ habited.

Adjective

dishabited (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) No longer inhabited.
   • 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall. […], new edition, London: […] B. Law, […]; Penzance, Cornwall: J. Hewett, published 1769, →OCLC:

     dishabited towns

   • 1648, Beauchamp Plantagenet, A Deſcription of the province of New Albion […] :

     a land thereafter deſcribed, altogether diſhabited and unplanted , though poſſeſt with Indians

   • 1875, T. E. Brown, Indwelling‎^[1]:

     If thou couldst empty all thyself of self,
     Like to a shell dishabited,
     Then might He find thee on the Ocean shelf

References

• “dishabited”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.