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Thesaurus: habituate

To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

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  1. v. t. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
  2. v. t. To settle as an inhabitant.
  3. a. Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual.
  4. v. take or consume (regularly or habitually)
  5. v. make psychologically or physically used (to something)
  6. 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. Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual. [R.] Hammond.
  7. Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual. [R.]Hammond.
  8. v:100 v. make psychologically or physically used (to something)