habituate
verb (used with object)
to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation.
habituating
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present participleof habituate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Researchers started habituating the chimps to the presence of humans in 1987.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024
This is the second attempt at habituating Mpungwe.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2024
Postal Service hitting record levels, the industry where nearly three-quarters of e-commerce companies offer some sort of free shipping is rethinking the financial cost of habituating shoppers to free shipping.
From Reuters ● Mar. 24, 2023
Boat strikes also kill manatees, so further habituating them to vessels or people could be deadly.
From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
My first quarter at Lowood seemed an age; and not the golden age either; it comprised an irksome struggle with difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwonted tasks.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
