Habituate
[hə'bɪtʃʊeɪt;-tjʊ-]
Definition
(verb.) make psychologically or physically used (to something); 'She became habituated to the background music'.
Typist: Tito--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
(v. t.) To settle as an inhabitant.
(a.) Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual.
Checker: Trent
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Accustom, familiarize, inure, use, train, harden.
Checked by Elaine
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See HABIT_and_ACCUSTOM]
Editor: Wendell
Examples
- Those who are habituated to the--ha--Marshalsea, are pleased to call me its father. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- In 1913 these masses were living as they had lived since birth; they were habituated to the life they led. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The savage is merely habituated; the civilized man has habits which transform the environment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Once habituated to his distrustful manner, said I, I have done very well. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I had become habituated to Worcester's society and Worcester's attentions, and was beginning to feel a very lively friendship for him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Habituated to the palet?t and bonnet-grec, the neighbourhood of these garments seemed no longer uncomfortable or very formidable. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A very great number of characters have to be learnt and the mind habituated to their use. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It undermined the power of prejudice, superstition, and brute force, by habituating men to reliance upon argument, discussion, and persuasion. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typed by Dewey