Definition of acclimatize Acclimatize

ac•cli•ma•tize

We found 6 definitions of acclimatize from 5 different sources.

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acclimatise

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acclimatize

What does acclimatize mean?

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Verb

acclimatizes, acclimatizing, acclimatized  

acclimatize - get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt"
  acclimatise, acclimate
  adapt, conform, adjust make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • acclimatize (v. t.)
    To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.

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  • acclimatize
    Get used to a certain climate.

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  • acclimatize, verb, present, 1st person singular of acclimatize (infinitive).
  • acclimatize, verb (infinitive).

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