Hypertext Webster Gateway: "habituate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Habituate \Ha*bit"u*ate\, a.
Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual. [R.]
--Hammond.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Habituate \Ha*bit"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Habituated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Habituating}.] [L. habituatus, p. p. of
habituare to bring into a condition or habit of body: cf. F.
habituer. See {Habit}.]
1. 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. To settle as an inhabitant. [Obs.] --Sir W. Temple.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
habituate
v : make used (to something); "She became habituated to the
background music" [syn: {accustom}]
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