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habituate.

To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/həˈbɪtju.eɪt//həˈbɪt͡ʃu.eɪt/
  1. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

  2. To settle as an inhabitant.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin habitus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin habituō, habituātusbor. Middle English habituateder. English habituate 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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