Meaning of ACCLIMATE
| Pronunciation: | | u'klImit
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| | Definition: | | [v] get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt" |
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| | Synonyms: | | acclimatise, acclimatize |
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| | See Also: | | adapt, adjust, conform | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ac*cli"mate\ (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Acclimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acclimating}.] [F. acclimater;
[`a] (l. ad) + climat climate. See {Climate}.]
To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. --J. H.
Newman.
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| | Related Terms: | | acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, break, break in, case harden, condition, confirm, domesticate, domesticize, establish, familiarize, fix, gentle, habituate, harden, housebreak, inure, naturalize, orient, orientate, season, tame, toughen, train, wont |
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