ACCLIMATE
acclimatize, acclimatise, acclimate
(verb) get used to a certain climate; “They never acclimatized in Egypt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
acclimate (third-person singular simple present acclimates, present participle acclimating, simple past and past participle acclimated)
(transitive, chiefly, US) To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
(transitive, chiefly, US) To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one.
(intransitive, chiefly, US) To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.
Synonyms
• acclimatise/acclimatize, accommodate, acculture, accustom, climatize, conform, get used to, habituate, harden, season, toughen, adjust
Source: Wiktionary
Ac*cli"mate (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acclimated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Acclimating.] Etym: [F. acclimater; Ă (l. ad) + climat climate. See
Climate.]
Definition: To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. J. H.
Newman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition