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house verb1.
[Old English husian = Middle Low German, Middle Dutch husen, Old High German huson (Dutch huizen, German hausen), Old Norse husa, from Germanic base of HOUSE noun1.]
I. verb trans.
Take or put into a house; provide with a house or houses; keep or store in a house etc. OE.
A. J. P. Taylor He..housed us without a moment's fuss.
b. refl. Enter a house; take shelter in a house. LME.
E. Feinstein A small friendly square around which many Russians housed themselves.
c. Drive or pursue into a house. L16-E18.
Place or enclose as in a house; cover as with a roof; harbour, lodge; contain, as a house does; give shelter to. LME.
L. Durrell A small observatory which housed a telescope of thirty magnifications. K. Tynan The difficulty of finding out what theatre is housing the play you want to see. Antiquarian Horology A clock-case which houses a clock by Thomas Fayrer of Lancaster. J. A. Michener The mound now housed a town of a hundred mud-brick houses.
Nautical. Place in a secure or sheltered position. M18.
Fix (a piece of wood, etc.) in a socket, joint, or mortise. M19.
II. verb intrans.
Build a house or houses. ME-L15.
Live or take shelter (as) in a house. L16.
R. L. Stevenson An old gentleman..housed with them for a while during our stay.