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HABITUATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make psychologically or physically used (to something)

Example:

She became habituated to the background music

Synonyms:

accustom; habituate

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "habituate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "habituate"):

harden; indurate; inure (cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate)

teach (accustom gradually to some action or attitude)

addict; hook (to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

habit (excessive use of drugs)

habituation (a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions)

habituation (being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Take or consume (regularly or habitually)

Example:

She uses drugs rarely

Synonyms:

habituate; use

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "habituate" is one way to...):

consume; have; ingest; take; take in (serve oneself to, or consume regularly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "habituate"):

smoke (inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes)

do drugs; drug (use recreational drugs)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

habit ((psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition)

habit (an established custom)

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