Definitions for habituate
həˈbɪtʃ uˌeɪtha·bit·u·ate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. use, habituateverb

   take or consume (regularly or habitually)

   "She uses drugs rarely"

2. habituate, accustomverb

   make psychologically or physically used (to something)

   "She became habituated to the background music"

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1. habituateverb

   To turn into a habit, to make habitual.

   He would eventually habituate his use of opiates.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Habituateverb

   To accustom; to use one’s self by frequent repetition.

   Etymology: habituer, French.

   Men are first corrupted by bad counsel and company, and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices. John Tillotson.

   Such as live in a rarer air are habituated to the exercise of a greater muscular strength. John Arbuthnot, on Air.

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1. habituate

   Habituation is a form of non-associative learning in which an innate (non-reinforced) response to a stimulus decreases after repeated or prolonged presentations of that stimulus. Responses that habituate include those that involve the intact organism (e.g., full-body startle response) or those that involve only components of the organism (e.g., habituation of neurotransmitter release from in vitro Aplysia sensory neurons). The broad ubiquity of habituation across all biologic phyla has resulted in it being called "the simplest, most universal form of learning...as fundamental a characteristic of life as DNA." Functionally-speaking, by diminishing the response to an inconsequential stimulus, habituation is thought to free-up cognitive resources to other stimuli that are associated with biologically important events (i.e., punishment/reward). For example, organisms may habituate to repeated sudden loud noises when they learn these have no consequences. A progressive decline of a behavior in a habituation procedure may also reflect nonspecific effects such as fatigue, which must be ruled out when the interest is in habituation. Habituation is clinically relevant, as a number of neuropsychiatric conditions, including autism, schizophrenia, migraine, and Tourette's, show reductions in habituation to a variety of stimulus-types both simple (tone) and complex (faces).

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1. habituate

   To habituate means to become accustomed or used to a particular situation, condition, or environment, usually through continued exposure or repetition. It may also refer to the process of training or teaching someone to behave in a certain way.

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1. Habituateverb

   to make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize

2. Habituateverb

   to settle as an inhabitant

3. Habituateadjective

   firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual

4. Etymology: [L. habituatus, p. p. of habituare to bring into a condition or habit of body: cf. F. habituer. See Habit.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of habituate in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of habituate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of habituate in a Sentence

1. Thomas Jefferson:

   Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.

2. Jennifer Powers:

   Going from a less equatorial altitude to a much more equatorial altitude quickly over a couple days doesn’t allow your body to habituate to the stress and that’s the kind of quick, abrupt shift we associate more with melanoma than with other skin cancer.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=habituate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Habituate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=habituate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habituate
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/habituate