habituate
verb (used with object)
to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation.
habituates
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present tense formof habituate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It said cat food is not a natural part of the nene diet, and eating at the feeding stations habituates nene to people and makes them reliant on the provided food.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
Researchers don’t fully understand how the body habituates to cold weather.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2020
But much of it comes from a deep religious faith that habituates the heart in a certain manner — the character that comes from a long obedience in the same direction.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2019
Douglas and Damon so fully inhabit their roles that the audience soon habituates to the novelty of seeing two such traditionally macho actors cast as gay lovers.
From Slate ● May 24, 2013
Take notice that any system of government is excellent in the precise degree in which it naturally trains the people in political independence, and habituates them to take an active part in governing themselves.
From What Prohibition Has Done to America by Fabian Franklin
