habituate
verb (used with object)
to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation.
was habituating
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past progressiveof habituate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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"Mother," she said, in the new style of address to which she was habituating Mrs. Kenton, after having so long called her momma, "I am not going with you."
From The Kentons by William Dean Howells
