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acclimation | acclimatisation | acclimatise | acclimatizable | acclimatization | acclimatize | acclimature | acclive | acclivitous | acclivity | acclivous

acclimatize

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Verb (usu participle)
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ac=cli=ma=tize

CIDE DICTIONARY

acclimatizev. t. 
     To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

acclimatize, v. (also -ise)
1 tr. accustom to a new climate or to new conditions.
2 intr. become acclimatized.

Derivative
acclimatization n.
Etymology
F acclimater: see ACCLIMATE

ROGET THESAURUS

acclimatize

Habit

VB be wont, fall into a rut, fall into a custom, tread the beaten track, follow the beaten track, tread the beaten path, follow the beaten, stare super antiquas vias, move in a rut, run on in a groove, go round like a horse in a mill, go on in the old jog trot way, habituate, inure, harden, season, caseharden, accustom, familiarize, naturalize, acclimatize, keep one's hand in, train, get into the way, get into the knack of, learn, cling to, adhere to, repeat, acquire a habit, contract a habit, fall into a habit, acquire a trick, contract a trick, fall into a trick, addict oneself to, take to, get into, be habitual, prevail, come into use, become a habit, take root, gain upon one, grow upon one.

Husbandry

VB tame, domesticate, acclimatize, breed, tend, break in, train, cage, bridle.


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