climatize

American

[klahy-muh-tahyz] / ˈklaɪ məˌtaɪz /

especially British, climatise

verb (used with object)

climatized, climatizing

to acclimate to a new environment.
to prepare or modify (a building, vehicle, etc.) for use or comfort in a specific climate, especially one that includes extreme cold or extreme heat.

to climatize a house by adding insulation and storm windows.

Other Word Forms

climatization noun

Etymology

Origin of climatize

First recorded in 1820–30; climate + -ize

Example Sentences

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One was to be open to the public, free and with regular hours, and the second was to fully climatize the space, he said.

From New York Times

In Houston last week, four huge Carrier motors that will climatize the city's new Astrodome-enclosed sports stadium were test-run in preparation for next month's baseball season opener.

From Time Magazine Archive

As I am from the south and it is an average difficulty for a southerner to endure the cold without being climatize.

From Project Gutenberg

Associated words: meteorology, phenology, climatology, acclimatable, acclimate, acclimation, acclimatize, acclimatization, climatic, climatize, climatography. climax, n. culmination. climb, v. clamber, scale. climbing, a. scandent, scansorial. cling, v. adhere, cleave, hold fast. clip, v. shear, snip, nip, trim, prune, curtail. clip, n.

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