3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

acclimate

verb: get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt" [syn: {acclimatize}, {acclimatise}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Acclimate \Ac*cli"mate\ (#; 277), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Acclimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acclimating}.] [F. acclimater; ['a] (l. ad) + climat climate. See {Climate}.] To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. --J. H. Newman.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "acclimate": acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, break, break in, case harden, condition, confirm, domesticate, domesticize, establish, familiarize, fix, gentle, habituate, harden, housebreak, inure, naturalize, orient, orientate, season, tame, toughen, train, wont

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