habituate
verb (used with object)
to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation.
has habituated
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present perfectof habituate (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“Marine life has habituated to the regularity of low frequency,” Foord, who is thirty-two years old, told me.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 17, 2014
Now, six months later, my husbear has habituated to my daily routine.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2014
He, who from infancy has habituated himself to tremble when he hears pronounced certain words, requires those words and needs to tremble.
From Good Sense by Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'Holbach
The strength of that depends upon the nature of the thoughts to which he has habituated himself, and usually his stay at this level is a long one.
From A Textbook of Theosophy by C. W. (Charles Webster) Leadbeater
Time and misfortune have mercifully been permitted to impair his memory, and use has habituated him to his present condition.
From Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people by Charles Dickens
