Found 4 hits - Term: habituate, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
habituate \habit"uate\ h.abi^t"-u=at, v. t. imp.
p. p. habituated h.abi^t"-u=a`te^d; p. pr.
vb. n. habituating h.abi^t"-u=a`ti^ng. l.
habituatus, p. p. of habituare to bring into a condition or
habit of body: cf. f. habituer. see habit.
1. to make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
1913 webster
our english dogs, who were habituated to a colder
clime. --sir k.
digby.
1913 webster
men are first corrupted . . . and next they
habituate themselves to their vicious practices.
--tillotson.
1913 webster
2. to settle as an inhabitant. obs. --sir w. temple.
1913 webster
see also:
habituated habituating habit
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
habituate \habit"uate\ h.abi^t"-uaslt, a.
firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual. r.
--hammond.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
habituate
v 1: take or consume regularly or habitually; "she uses drugs
rarely" syn: use
2: make psychologically or physically used to something; "she
became habituated to the background music" syn: accustom
see also:
use accustom
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
34 moby thesaurus words for "habituate":
acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, addict,
adjust, bear, break, break in, case harden, condition, confirm,
domesticate, domesticize, endure, establish, familiarize, fix,
gentle, harden, housebreak, inure, naturalize, orient, orientate,
season, support, take to, tame, tolerate, train, use, wont
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