HABITUATE

v. a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize. Our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime. Sir K. Digby. Men are first corrupted . . . and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices. Tillotson.

2.
v.

To settle as an inhabitant. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

3.
a.

Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual. [R.] Hammond.


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