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acculturate

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ac⋅cul⋅tur⋅ate

  [uh-kuhl-chuh-reyt]
Use acculturate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to alter by acculturation.
Origin:
1930–35; back formation from acculturation

Related forms:
ac⋅cul⋅tur⋅a⋅tive, adjective
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ac·cul·tur·ate   (ə-kŭl'chə-rāt')   
v.   ac·cul·tur·at·ed, ac·cul·tur·at·ing, ac·cul·tur·ates

v.   tr.
To cause (a society, for example) to change by the process of acculturation.
v.   intr.
To change or be modified by acculturation.
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