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Habituate

Ha-bit′u-ate

(hȧ-bĭt′ū̍-āt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Habituated
(hȧ-bĭt′ū̍-āˊtĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Habituating
(hȧ-bĭt′ū̍-āˊtĭng)
.]
[L.
habituatus
, p. p. of
habituare
to bring into a condition or habit of body: cf. F.
habituer
. See
Habit
.]
1.
To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
Our English dogs, who were
habituated
to a colder clime.
Sir K. Digby.
Men are first corrupted . . . and next they
habituate
themselves to their vicious practices.
Tillotson.
2.
To settle as an inhabitant.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Temple.

Ha-bit′u-ate

(hȧ-bĭt′ū̍-ā̍t)
,
Adj.
Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual.
[R.]
Hammond.

Webster 1828 Edition


Habituate

HABIT'UATE

, v.t.
1.
To accustom; to make familiar by frequent use or practice. Men may habituate themselves to the taste of oil or tobacco. They habituate themselves to vice. Let us habituate ourselves and our children to the exercise of charity.
2.
To settle as an inhabitant in a place.

HABIT'UATE

,
Adj.
Inveterate by custom.
1.
Formed by habit.

Definition 2024


habituate

habituate

English

Verb

habituate (third-person singular simple present habituates, present participle habituating, simple past and past participle habituated)

  1. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
    • Sir K. Digby
      our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime
    • Tillotson
      Men are first corrupted [] and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices.
  2. To settle as an inhabitant.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir W. Temple to this entry?)

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