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Webster 1913 Edition
Habituate
Ha-bit′u-ate
(hȧ-bĭt′ū̍-āt)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Habituated
(hȧ-bĭt′ū̍-āˊtĕd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Habituating
(hȧ-bĭt′ū̍-āˊtĭng)
.] [L.
habituatus
, p. p. of habituare
to bring into a condition or habit of body: cf. F. habituer
. See Habit
.] 1.
To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
Our English dogs, who were
habituated
to a colder clime. Sir K. Digby.
Men are first corrupted . . . and next they
habituate
themselves to their vicious practices. Tillotson.
2.
To settle as an inhabitant.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Temple.
Ha-bit′u-ate
(hȧ-bĭt′ū̍-ā̍t)
, Adj.
Firmly established by custom; formed by habit; habitual.
[R.]
Hammond.
Webster 1828 Edition
Habituate
HABIT'UATE
, v.t.1.
To accustom; to make familiar by frequent use or practice. Men may habituate themselves to the taste of oil or tobacco. They habituate themselves to vice. Let us habituate ourselves and our children to the exercise of charity.2.
To settle as an inhabitant in a place.HABIT'UATE
,Adj.
1.
Formed by habit.