Definitions for habituatehəˈbɪtʃ uˌeɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ha•bit•u•atehəˈbɪtʃ uˌeɪt(v.)-at•ed, -at•ing.
(v.t.)to accustom (an individual) either physically or mentally to a particular situation; train.
Category: Animal Behavior, Psychology
Archaic. to frequent.
(v.i.)to cause habituation.
Category: Animal Behavior, Psychology
Origin of habituate:
1520–30; < ML habituātus, ptp. of habituāre, der. of L habitushabit1
Princeton's WordNet
use, habituate(verb)
take or consume (regularly or habitually)
"She uses drugs rarely"
habituate, accustom(verb)
make psychologically or physically used (to something)
"She became habituated to the background music"
Wiktionary
habituate(Verb)
To turn into a habit, to make habitual.
He would eventually habituate his use of opiates.
Webster Dictionary
Habituate(verb)
to make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize
Habituate(verb)
to settle as an inhabitant
Habituate(adj)
firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual
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