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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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