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habituate
[ huh-bich-oo-eyt ]
verb (used with object)
- 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)
- to cause habituation, physiologically or psychologically.
habituate
/ həˈbɪtjʊˌeɪt /
verb
- to accustom; make used (to)
- archaic.to frequent
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- unha·bitu·ated adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of habituate1
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Example Sentences
In order, however, to habituate them to a passive obedience, an ostensible purpose had to be held out.
Still others habituate themselves to some manner of tone-production, and neither increase nor diminish the degree of stiffness.
He should habituate himself to bend easily to the various circumstances which may from time to time surround him.
By working them thus alternately, while they are fresh and full of spirits, you will habituate them to implicit obedience.
It is a barren superfluity, to which those who can hardly procure what nature requires, cannot prudently habituate themselves.
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