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acclimatise

acclimatise

English

Verb

acclimatise (third-person singular simple present acclimatises, present participle acclimatising, simple past and past participle acclimatised)

  1. Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatize.
    • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban (in The Guardian, 6 September 2013)
      The England manager can be encouraged by more evidence that Rickie Lambert has quickly acclimatised to international football, with another headed goal to add to the one he scored against Scotland, but Welbeck's ban comes at a time when Wayne Rooney and Andy Carroll are already out and Daniel Sturridge is likely to join them.