ACCLIMATIZE

acclimatize, acclimatise, acclimate

(verb) get used to a certain climate; “They never acclimatized in Egypt”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

(intransitive) To get used to a new climate.

(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.

Source: Wiktionary


Ac*cli"ma*tize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acclimatized; p. pr. & vb. n. Acclimatizing.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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