(a) To receive (sb.) into a house as a guest; give (sb.) shelter or refuge; harbor (a suspect); also fig.; ppl. housed, established in sleeping quarters, lodged; (b) to take shelter, find refuge; be lodged, sojourn, dwell; -- also refl.; (c) to store (sth.) in a building.

(a) To construct houses, erect buildings; also, to build (a city); ~ of, fig. to build (oneself) upon (the true Faith); (b) ?to prepare (a building) as a house; ?provide (a tower, tomb) with a ridged or gabled roof like a house; (c) to provide (a messuage) with a house; (d) ~ best, ?to be best for house building.