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- 1. make or become accustomed or used to something: "bears can become habituated to people very easily"
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to get used to something or to make someone or something used to something: habituate to When your brain habituates to sleeplessness to maintain function, it slows down. habituate someone to something Feeding moose habituates them to humans. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Adapting and attuning to something.
1. : to cause habituation. 2. : to undergo habituation. habituate to a stimulus. Synonyms. affect. frequent. hang (at) haunt. resort (to) visit. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
Habituate definition: to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation. See examples of HABITUATE used in a sentence.
When you habituate something, you're helping it feel comfortable and accustomed to a new place. Definitions of habituate. verb. make psychologically or physically used (to something) “She became habituated to the background music”. synonyms: accustom. see more. verb. take or consume (regularly or habitually)
HABITUATE meaning: 1. to get used to something or to make someone or something used to something: 2. to get used to…. Learn more.
1. to make used ( to ); accustom. often used reflexively. to habituate oneself to the cold. 2. US, Archaic. to frequent. verb intransitive. 3. to cause addiction. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Derived forms. habituation (haˌbituˈation) noun. Word origin.
HABITUATE meaning: to cause (a person or animal) to become familiar with and used to a particular place, situation, etc. + to.
A complete guide to the word "HABITUATE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
v.t. to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury. [ Archaic.]to frequent. v.i. Animal Behavior, Physiology to cause habituation, physiologically or psychologically.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English ha‧bit‧u‧ate /həˈbɪtʃueɪt/ verb → be/become habituated to (doing) something. habituate meaning, definition, what is habituate: Definition ...: Learn more.
