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HABITUATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they habituate ... he / she / it habituates
Past simple: habituated
-ing form: habituating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make psychologically or physically used (to something)
Example:
She became habituated to the background music
Synonyms:
accustom; habituate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "habituate" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "habituate"):
harden; indurate; inure (cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate)
teach (accustom gradually to some action or attitude)
addict; hook (to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Derivation:
habit (excessive use of drugs)
habituation (a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions)
habituation (being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take or consume (regularly or habitually)
Example:
She uses drugs rarely
Synonyms:
habituate; use
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "habituate" is one way to...):
consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "habituate"):
smoke (inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes)
do drugs; drug (use recreational drugs)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
habit ((psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition)
habit (an established custom)