dishabit

dishabit

(dɪsˈhæbɪt)
vb (tr)
obsolete to dislodge
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Elsewhere, in portions of Oviedo's Historia General y Natural de las Indias, he observes how the "citie of Saint Domingo, was almost dishabited by this great Armie of little creatures" (quoted in Purchas 15: 226).
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