habit & hab
These ROOT-WORDS are HAB & HABIT meaning HAVE. HAB comes from the Latin habeo meaning to HAVE & and HABIT from habitare meaning to LIVE. It has saved the lives and usefulness of countless soldiers by making them HAVE again lost faculties. A Latin phrase much used in Law may well be added to our list; Habeas Corpus. Literally it means, “You have the body."
1. Habit : HABIT (hab’ it) n.
A behavior pattern; usage; custom
2. Habeas corpus : HAB eas corpus (hay’ bee a skor’ pus) n.
You have the body
3. Haberdashery : HAB erdashery (hab’ er dash e ree) n.
A store which sells articles of men’s wear
4. Habergeon : HAB ergeon (hab’ er jun) n.
A short jacket of mail
5. Habile : HAB ile (hab’ il) adj.
Able; skillful
6. Habiliments : HAB iliments (ha bil’ i ments) n.
Dress furnishings; clothing
7. Habilitate : HAB ilitate (ha bil’ i tate) v.
To clothe; to prepare
8. Habilimentation : HAB illimentation (ha bil i men tay’ shun) n.
The clothing industries and arts
9. Habitat : HAB itat (hab’ i tat) n.
The natural abode of plant or animal
10. Habitation : HAB itation (hab i tay’ shun) n.
Dwelling place; home; residence
11. Habitual : HABIT ual (ha bich’ yu al) adj.
Customary; relating to habit; as, habitual industry
12. Habituate : HABIT uate (ha bit’ yu ate) v.
To make accustomed to
13. Habitude : HAB itude (hab’ i tude) n.
Nature; character; habitual attitude
14. Habitué : HAB itue (ha bich’ u way) n.
One who frequents a certain place; as, a habitué of the theater
15. Inhabit : in HAB it (in hab’ it) v.
To live in; to establish as residents
16. Inhabitant : in HAB (in hab’ it ant) n.
One who lives permanently in a place
17. Rehabilitate : re HAB ilitate (re ha bil’ i tate) v.
To make able again; restrengthen
18. Rehabilitation : re HAB ilitation (re ha bil i tay’ shun) n.
Act of rehabilitating
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