Antonyms for acclimatize

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-klahy-muh-tahyz

Phonetic Transcription : əˈklaɪ məˌtaɪz

Definition of acclimatize

Origin : 1836; see acclimate + -ize; a more recent formation than acclimate and replacing it in many uses. Related: Acclimatized; acclimatizing.

verb adapt
verb harden

Example sentences :

From time to time we acclimatize and domesticate some foreign and wild species.
Extract from : « Evolution, Old & New » by Samuel Butler

In England more than one attempt to acclimatize the doctrines of Marr and Treitschke has been made.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 » by Various

After many years, Madame de Rnal had still failed to acclimatize herself to those monied people in whose society she had to live.
Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal

One great object of their experiments was to introduce and acclimatize exotic cottons.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 » by Various

What is, in effect, the new intellectual atmosphere to which we must acclimatize our moral and religious sensibilities?
Extract from : « Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2) » by John Addington Symonds

At present an attempt is being made to acclimatize several species of Eucalyptus in the low hills.
Extract from : « The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir » by Sir James McCrone Douie

Some planting has taken place in Malaya, but little has so far been done to acclimatize the plant in other regions.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 » by Various

Another author found that, in Scandinavia, plants of the same species can acclimatize themselves if necessary.
Extract from : « The Romance of Plant Life » by G. F. Scott Elliot

The efforts to acclimatize food fishes in waters to which they are not indigenous have been continued.
Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1899 » by Various

Important, also, is its adaptability to varied conditions, as shown by former attempts to acclimatize it.
Extract from : « Fur Farming » by A. R. Harding

Synonyms for acclimatize

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