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ha⋅bit⋅u⋅ate

  [huh-bich-oo-eyt] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
Use habituate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
2. Archaic. to frequent.
–verb (used without object)
3. to cause habituation, physiologically or psychologically.
Origin:
1520–30; < LL habituātus conditioned, constituted, (ptp. of habituāre), equiv. to habitu(s) habit 1 + -ātus -ate 1

Synonyms:
1. familiarize, acclimate, train.
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ha·bit·u·ate   (hə-bĭch'ōō-āt')   
v.   ha·bit·u·at·ed, ha·bit·u·at·ing, ha·bit·u·ates

v.   tr.
To accustom by frequent repetition or prolonged exposure.
v.   intr.

  1. To cause physiological or psychological habituation, as to a drug.

  2. Psychology To experience habituation.


[From Middle English, accustomed, from Late Latin habituātus, past participle of habituārī, to be in a condition, from Latin habitus, condition, habit; see habit.]
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Main Entry: ha·bit·u·ate
Pronunciation: h&-'bich-&-"wAt, ha-
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed;-at·ing
transitive senses
1 : to cause habituation in habituate intransitive senses
1 : to cause habituationhabituating>
2 : to undergo habituation <habituate to a stimulus>
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habituate ha·bit·u·ate (hə-bĭch'&oomacr;-āt')
v. ha·bit·u·at·ed, ha·bit·u·at·ing, ha·bit·u·ates

  1. To accustom by frequent repetition or prolonged exposure.

  2. To cause physiological or psychological habituation, as to a drug.

  3. To experience psychological habituation.

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