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ACCLIMATIZED (12)
ACCLIMATISE
acclimatize, acclimatise, acclimate - v
get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt"
Synonyms
acclimate, accommodate, adjust, conform, fit, reconcile, shape, tailor
Examples
They have been travelling for two days and will need some time to acclimatise.
He flew to Nice to acclimatize himself, two days before Neville was due.
It took a moment to acclimatize to the sudden light and to the brightness of violent colour; there was blood everywhere.
Etymology
1824, "modify a living thing to suit a foreign climate" (transitive); see acclimate + -ize. A more recent formation than acclimate and generally replacing it in this sense. Related: Acclimatized; acclimatizing. Simple climatize is attested from 1826 as "inure (a living thing) to a climate."
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