Meaning

2 senses

  1. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

  2. (obsolete)To settle as an inhabitant.

More definitions
  • make psychologically or physically used (to something)
  • take or consume (regularly or habitually)

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Habituated animals are vulnerable to vessel strikes or vandalism, and can be dangerous to people.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English habituat(e) (“physically established or present”) (borrowed from Late

From Middle English habituat(e) (“physically established or present”) (borrowed from Late Latin habituātus, perfect passive participle of habituō (“to bring into a condition or habit of body”)). See -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Forms

habituates, habituating, habituated, habituated
Base formhabituate · to habituate
3rd person singularhabituates
Present participlehabituating
Past simplehabituated
Past participlehabituated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhabituate
he, she, ithabituates

Past simpleLesson

all personshabituated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave habituated
he, she, ithas habituated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill habituate

Synonyms

3 synonyms
accustomB1inure
Close in meaning
  • make psychologically or physically used (to something):accustom
  • take or consume (regularly or habitually):use

Word family

9 related words
RelatedhabitA1habitualhabituation
Deriveddishabituatehabituativehabituatornonhabituatedunhabituateunhabituated

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
habitationC2habitualhabituallyhackC1hacker
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