Definition of habituate
Verbs
take or consume (regularly or habitually)
- Synonyms:
- use
make psychologically or physically used (to something)
"She became habituated to the background music"
- Synonyms:
- accustom
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harden, indurate, inure
cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
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callous, cauterise, cauterize
make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
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brace oneself for, prepare for, steel oneself against, steel onself for
prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant
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teach
accustom gradually to some action or attitude
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addict, hook
to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
Vocabulary Lists for habituate
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Chapters 16-24 »(619 words)
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Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" Chapters 1-10 »(412 words)
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Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper" Chapters 1-17 »(606 words)
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