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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