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habituate

[ huh-bich-oo-eyt ]

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verb (used with object)

, ha·bit·u·at·ed, ha·bit·u·at·ing.

to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation:
Wealth habituated him to luxury.
Synonyms: train, acclimate, familiarize
Archaic. to frequent.

verb (used without object)

, ha·bit·u·at·ed, ha·bit·u·at·ing.

to cause habituation, physiologically or psychologically.

habituate

/ həˈbɪtjʊˌeɪt /

verb

to accustom; make used (to)
archaic.
to frequent

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Other Words From

unha·bitu·ated adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of habituate¹

1520–30; < Late Latin habituātus conditioned, constituted, (past participle of habituāre ), equivalent to habitu ( s ) habit ¹ + -ātus -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

In order, however, to habituate them to a passive obedience, an ostensible purpose had to be held out.

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Still others habituate themselves to some manner of tone-production, and neither increase nor diminish the degree of stiffness.

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He should habituate himself to bend easily to the various circumstances which may from time to time surround him.

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By working them thus alternately, while they are fresh and full of spirits, you will habituate them to implicit obedience.

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It is a barren superfluity, to which those who can hardly procure what nature requires, cannot prudently habituate themselves.

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Related Words

accustom

habitually habituation

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