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Acclimatize
Ac-cli′ma-tize
(ăkˊklī′mȧ-tīz)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Acclimatized
(ăkˊklī′mȧ-tīzd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Acclimatizing
(ăkˊklī′mȧ-tīˊzĭng)
.] 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.
Definition 2024
acclimatize
acclimatize
English
Alternative forms
- acclimatise (chiefly British)
Verb
acclimatize (third-person singular simple present acclimatizes, present participle acclimatizing, simple past and past participle acclimatized)
- (intransitive) To get used to a new climate.
- (transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.
Usage notes
Has become more common in use than acclimate.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to get used to a new climate
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to make used to a new climate
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