tenanting

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It was very common— sometimes three or four tenanting a single tree, clinging as usual to the branches.

From The Naturalist on the River Amazons by Bates, Henry Walter

Of the brethren, only those tenanting the cemetery are left.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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

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

While tenanting these clay abodes, This vizier sometimes gladly sought The solitude that favours thought; Whereas, the hermit, in his cot, Had longings for a vizier's lot.'

From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur