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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
habituate
    v 1: take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs
         rarely" [syn: use, habituate]
    2: make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She
       became habituated to the background music" [syn: habituate,
       accustom]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Habituate \Ha*bit"u*ate\ (h[.a]*b[i^]t"[-u]*[asl]t), a.
   Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual. [R.]
   --Hammond.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Habituate \Ha*bit"u*ate\ (h[.a]*b[i^]t"[-u]*[=a]t), v. t. [imp.
   & p. p. Habituated (h[.a]*b[i^]t"[-u]*[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr.
   & vb. n. Habituating (h[.a]*b[i^]t"[-u]*[=a]`t[i^]ng).] [L.
   habituatus, p. p. of habituare to bring into a condition or
   habit of body: cf. F. habituer. See Habit.]
   1. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
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            Our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder
            clime.                                --Sir K.
                                                  Digby.
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            Men are first corrupted . . . and next they
            habituate themselves to their vicious practices.
                                                  --Tillotson.
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   2. To settle as an inhabitant. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
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Thesaurus Results for habituate:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, addict, adjust, bear, break, break in, case harden, condition, confirm, domesticate, domesticize, endure, establish, familiarize, fix, gentle, harden, housebreak, inure, naturalize, orient, orientate, season, support, take to, tame, tolerate, train, use, wont
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