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Habituate

[hə-biCH-ə-weyt]

Part of speech: verb

Origin: Latin, late 15th century

1.

Make or become accustomed or used to something.

Examples of Habituate in a sentence

"At the beginning of every winter, it takes me a few weeks to habituate myself to the cold."

"Paul thought having to habituate himself to nighttime noise was the hardest part of moving to the city."

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