habituate
verb (used with object)
to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation.
had habituated
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past perfectof habituate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The University of Zurich team observed a group of bonobos from a project by local biologists that had habituated the animals over 10 to 15 years, depending on the group.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
He ignores that the British had a mandate, which entailed a distinct responsibility to protect the rights of the indigenous people who had habituated that land for countless generations.
From Newsweek ● Jan. 5, 2010
The character of my mother was no less devout; but her education had habituated her to a different mode of worship.
From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Charles Brockden Brown
Sleep at last took possession of Pencroft, whom a seafaring life had habituated to anything.
From The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
Formerly a French garden had been laid out here, of which only the box borders remained; bushes which had habituated themselves to the shade, no doubt, for they grew vigorously, as tall as trees.
From Doctor Pascal by Mary J. (Mary Jane) Serrano
