tenanting

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The Bali-dagh, or “Honey Mount,” in the plain of Troy, is so called on account of the numerous wild bees tenanting the caves in its precipitous rocks to the south.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

One feels like his own ghost unlawfully tenanting a defunct carcass.

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I by Melville, Herman

As a rule, the motive for the reappearance on earth of a spirit lately tenanting a mortal body, is found in some neglected duty.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt

The lawyer or artist tenanting its chambers, whether in the new building or the old, when asked where he was to be found, invariably replied,—At the Apostles'.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman

I lost myself in conjectures as to what sort of people might be tenanting that lonely edifice, and whether they knew any thing about us.

From Redburn. His First Voyage by Melville, Herman