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habituate

[huh-bich-oo-eyt]

verb (used with object)

habituated, habituating 
  1. to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation.

    Wealth habituated him to luxury.

    Synonyms: , ,
  2. Archaic.to frequent.



verb (used without object)

habituated, habituating 
  1. to cause habituation, physiologically or psychologically.

habituate

/ əˈɪʊˌɪ /

verb

  1. to accustom; make used (to)

  2. archaicto frequent

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • unhabituated adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of habituate1

1520–30; < Late Latin 󲹲ٳٳܲ conditioned, constituted, (past participle of 󲹲ٳ ), equivalent to habitu ( s ) habit 1 + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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The University of Zurich team observed a group of bonobos from a project by local biologists that had habituated the animals over 10 to 15 years, depending on the group.

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“We had three or four habituated bears that were constantly here in town,” said Fisher.

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It is not merely that people surrender to authoritarianism, but that they are fashioned by it, habituated to its violence, until resistance feels futile and complicity feels natural.

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To others, it illustrates the problem of wild animals becoming habituated to interacting with humans.

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Taking care to not stress the animals or get too close, the researchers followed the monkeys, which are habituated to human presence, until they urinated.

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