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   acclimate

   /ˈaklɪmeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. acclimatize: North American "this should help new students acclimate to college life"
   • ▪ respond physiologically or behaviourally to a change in an environmental factor under controlled conditions. North American
   • ▪ harden off (a plant). North American

   Word Origin late 18th century: from French acclimater, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + climat ‘climate’.

   Scrabble Points: 15

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