Acclimatize \Ac*cli"ma*tize\ ([a^]k`kl[imac]"m[.a]*t[imac]z), v.
t. [imp. & p. p. Acclimatized
([a^]k`kl[imac]"m[.a]*t[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Acclimatizing ([a^]k`kl[imac]"m[.a]*t[imac]`z[i^]ng).]
To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which
is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or
strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or
plants.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
acclimatize
v : get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in
Egypt" [syn: acclimatise, acclimate]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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