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habituate

[huh-bich-oo-eyt]
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verb (used with object), ha·bit·u·at·ed, ha·bit·u·at·ing.

to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
Archaic. to frequent.

verb (used without object), ha·bit·u·at·ed, ha·bit·u·at·ing.

to cause habituation, physiologically or psychologically.

RELATED WORDS

confirmed, ingrained, continuing, abiding, accustomed, enduring, fixed, lingering, lasting, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuous, deep-rooted, deep-seated, habitual, inborn, inbred, incurable, ineradicable

Origin of habituate

1520–30; < Late Latin habituātus conditioned, constituted, (past participle of habituāre), equivalent to habitu(s) habit1 + -ātus -ate1
Related formsun·ha·bit·u·at·ed, adjective

Synonyms for habituate

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1. familiarize, acclimate, train.
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Examples from the Web for habituated

Historical Examples of habituated

  • He still held his big voice to a softer modulation than that to which it was habituated.

    Within the Law

    Marvin Dana

  • She had become so habituated to his presence that she was quite at her ease, and treated him as a comrade.

    The Dream

    Emile Zola

  • Those who are habituated to the—ha—Marshalsea, are pleased to call me its father.

    Little Dorrit

    Charles Dickens

  • And to this same practice he has habituated those about him.

    Hellenica

    Xenophon

  • Of course, these remarks apply only to those not habituated to long fasts.

    The War Trail

    Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for habituated

habituate

verb

to accustom; make used (to)
US and Canadian archaic to frequent
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Word Origin and History for habituated

habituate

v.

1520s, from Latin habituatus, past participle of habituare "to bring into a condition or habit of the body," from habitus (see habit (n.)). Related: Habituated; habituating.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for habituated

habituate

[hə-bĭch′ōō-āt′]

v.

To accustom by frequent repetition or prolonged exposure.
To cause physiological or psychological habituation, as to a drug.
To experience psychological habituation.
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