inhospitare

inhospitare, ~ari [ML] 1 (pass., or dep. intr.) to be accommodated, lodge, reside. 1322 in camera ‥ magistri R. de B. ‥ infra curiam ubi ‥ rex ‥ ~abatur Reg. Carl. II 215. 2 (act., w. person as subj.): a (trans.) to give lodging (to), accommodate (person); b (absol.) to take lodgers, keep an inn. a 1225 dedi ‥ communitati Londonie ‥ terram ‥ cum domibus ‥ ad ~andum ‥ fratres minorum Mon. Francisc. I 494; 1368 de Elizabet de C. pro leyr[fornication], pleg’ Robertus L. quia eam ~at respondebit, vj d. Hal. Durh. 74 (cf. ib.: quia eam hospitavit et premunitus fuit per prepositum); 1376 injunctum est omnibus inhospitantibus apud A. quod ~ent omnes extraneos transeuntes ad pedes ita bene sicut eos qui inequitant Ib. 138. b 1376 (v. 2a supra). 3 (w. place as subj.) to accommodate, give shelter (to person). villa de K. non fuerat sufficienter edificata ad recipiendum seu ~andum ‥ primatem Vis. Derry 7. 4 to occupy (land or sim.). c1162 illis hominibus qui ‥ ibunt in Galweiam causa ~andi et inhabitandi terram de Dunroden Regesta Scot. I 230; [monachus apostata] Chironis inhospitat antrum [perh. to be referred to 3 w. antrum as subj.] (Vers.) Amund. I 98.

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