habituate
verb (used with object)
to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation.
habituated
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past participleof habituate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof habituate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
habituateverb (used with object)to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation.
Example Sentences
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People have become habituated to this, tolerate it, factor it in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
Now, 25 years after starting her pioneering research on savannah chimps, which had never before been habituated to observers, primatologist Jill Pruetz has a wealth of data.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
Lead researcher, Prof Gillian Forrester explained that being a reporter and broadcaster has probably made me "quite habituated to being put in stressful positions".
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025
It is not merely that people surrender to authoritarianism, but that they are fashioned by it, habituated to its violence, until resistance feels futile and complicity feels natural.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025
Of course by now the bear has become thoroughly habituated both to human beings and to their food.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
