Synonyms for habituate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : huh-bich-oo-eyt

Phonetic Transcription : həˈbɪtʃ uˌeɪt

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Définition of habituate

Origin : 1520s, from Latin habituatus, past participle of habituare "to bring into a condition or habit of the body," from habitus (see habit (n.)). Related: Habituated; habituating.

verb prepare, accustom

Example sentences :

Again, at a reperusal, he informed her: "I must habituate myself."
Extract from : « The Short Works of George Meredith » by George Meredith

These occupations render them robust, and habituate them to fatigue.
Extract from : « Austria » by Frederick Shoberl

It is very shy in its nature, and cannot habituate itself to captivity.
Extract from : « Reptiles and Birds » by Louis Figuier

Neither did waiting seem to habituate her vision to the lack of light.
Extract from : « Red Masquerade » by Louis Joseph Vance

He wished, so he wrote, to habituate me to habits of good order and economy, and keep me from the commission of follies.
Extract from : « The Widow Lerouge » by Emile Gaboriau

I felt that all my philosophy was needed, to reconcile and habituate myself to my altered circumstances.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 437, March 1852 » by Various

To resign oneself, to habituate oneself to the course of the world which passes so changingly.
Extract from : « Some Noble Sisters » by Edmund Lee

They are inured to labour, and to which they habituate their horses, allowing them refreshment but once in twenty-four hours.
Extract from : « Buffon's Natural History. Volume IV (of 10) » by Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon

Shall we arm citizens against citizens, and habituate them to shed kindred blood?
Extract from : « Pamphlets On The Constitution Of The United States » by Various

She likewise endeavored from the first to habituate the boy's mind to reflect upon the value of money and the uses of economy.
Extract from : « Sword and Pen » by John Algernon Owens

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