acclimate
[ak-luh-meyt, uh-klahy-mit]
- to accustom or become accustomed to a new climate or environment; adapt.
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Origin of acclimate
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Examples from the Web for acclimated
Contemporary Examples
Over the years, the dish has acclimated to American taste buds, and become sweeter.
‘The Search for General Tso’: The Origins of America’s Favorite Chinese Dish, General Tso’s ChickenMarlow Stern
April 19, 2014
Most people on the standard American diet have acclimated their bodies to a life of burning sugar.
The Independent says Tebbutt is to begin interviews with Scotland Yard “once she has acclimated.”
Historical Examples
They were born here and are acclimated to it—we are strangers and aren't.
The Skylark of SpaceEdward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby
They are acclimated, born and reared in the southern climate.
There were several rare plants, also, that they had acclimated.
A Little Girl in Old QuebecAmanda Millie Douglas
We had had time to learn the language and sort of get acclimated so we did very well there.
Continuous VaudevilleWill M. Cressy
Everybody said he was "acclimated" now, and said it cheerfully.
The Gilded Age, CompleteMark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner
Word Origin and History for acclimated
acclimate
v.
1792, from French acclimater, verb formed from à "to" (see ad-) + climat (see climate). Related: Acclimated; acclimating. The extended form acclimatize is now more common.
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