2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: acclimatize verb: get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt" [syn: {acclimatise}, {acclimate}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Acclimatize \Ac*cli"ma*tize\ ([a^]k'kl[imac]"m[.a]*t[imac]z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Acclimatized} ([a^]k'kl[imac]"m[.a]*t[imac]zd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Acclimatizing} ([a^]k'kl[imac]"m[.a]*t[imac]'z[i^]ng).] 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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