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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.

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acclimatize

acclimatize

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Verb

acclimatize (third-person singular simple present acclimatizes, present participle acclimatizing, simple past and past participle acclimatized)

  1. (intransitive) To get used to a new climate.
  2. (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.

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