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habituate

ha·bit·u·ate [ hə-ˈbi-chə-ˌwāt]

habituate

verb

[hə-ˈbi-chə-ˌwāt]

habituated; habituating

Definition of habituate

transitive verb

1 : to make used to something : accustom

2 : frequent sense 1

intransitive verb

1 : to cause habituation

2 : to undergo habituation
//habituate to a stimulus

Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty

Synonyms: Synonyms

Synonyms: Antonyms

avoid,
shun

Recent Examples on the Web

//Avoid habituating wild animals to humans’ presence.
— National Geographic, "Is the food appropriate and safely provided?," 31 July 2019
//Coyotes, in response to the increase of human presence and human attractants, are being habituated or desensitized to humans.
— Sara Cardine, La Cañada Valley Sun, "Coyote encounters too close for some La Cañada residents, pet owners," 5 Sep. 2019
//Investors are habituated to financial fiascos in Argentina but even so the news has come as a rude shock: the price of Argentina’s sovereign bonds traded in Europe tumbled by about 5% the day after the announcement.
— The Economist, "Argentina’s beleaguered government imposes capital controls," 2 Sep. 2019
//At this point in life, I’m habituated to the inevitability that the most impotent mid-season episodes of a Netflix drama will also be the ones that are 57 minutes long.
— Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, "The TV Is Too Damn Long," 9 June 2019
//Some goats have become habituated, or accustomed to people.
— Evan Bush, The Seattle Times, "‘Cute little cotton-ball herd’: Orphaned mountain goat kids released at wildlife park," 13 Nov. 2018
//Those working with the prized bears bound for the wild—Vitale included—don panda suits that both look and smell like their tiny charges, preventing them from habituating to humans.
— Maya Wei-haas, Smithsonian, "Why Photographing Pandas Is More Challenging Than You Might Think," 21 May 2018
//Past breeding attempts were based on the idea that by minimizing contact with their human keepers, the captive creatures don't habituate to their strange hairless helpers.
— Maya Wei-haas, Smithsonian, "The Science Behind the Unbearably Cute IMAX Movie “Pandas”," 6 Apr. 2018
//The normally skittish apes are hard to see in the wild, except for a few populations that have been habituated to the presence of humans.
— Nick Lunn, National Geographic, "Wild Gorilla Cuddles Its Newborn Baby in Rare Video," 13 Mar. 2018

First Known Use of habituate

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Dictionary Entries near habituate

More Synonyms and Antonyms ofhabituate

Synonyms & Antonyms of habituate

to go to or spend time in often

the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs

Synonyms for habituate

Words Related to habituate

patronize

Near Antonyms for habituate

Antonyms for habituate

avoid,
shun

More Definitions forhabituate

habituate

verb

English Language Learners Definition of habituate

formal : to cause (a person or animal) to become familiar with and used to a particular place, situation, etc.

habituate

verb

ha·bit·u·ate | \ hə-ˈbich-ə-ˌwāt, ha- \

habituated; habituating

Medical Definition of habituate

transitive verb

1 : to cause habituation in

intransitive verb

1 : to cause habituation
//marijuana may be habituating

2 : to undergo habituation
//habituate to a stimulus