Acclimate \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.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
acclimate
v : get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in
Egypt" [syn: acclimatize, acclimatise]
WordNet (r) 2.0
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "acclimate":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
acclimatise, acclimatize
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