Definitions for habituate

habituate ha·bit·u·ate

Spelling: [huh-bich-oo-eyt]
IPA: /həˈbɪtʃ uˌeɪt/

Habituate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 201 anagrams from letters in habituate (aabehittu).

Definitions for habituate

verb (used with object)

  1. to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation:
  2. Archaic. to frequent.

verb (used without object)

  1. to cause habituation, physiologically or psychologically.

Origin of habituate

1520-30; Late Latin habituātus conditioned, constituted, (past participle of habituāre), equivalent to habitu(s) habit1 + -ātus Examples for habituate

Shall we arm citizens against citizens, and habituate them to shed kindred blood?

Again, at a reperusal, he informed her: "I must habituate myself."

Neither did waiting seem to habituate her vision to the lack of light.

She likewise endeavored from the first to habituate the boy's mind to reflect upon the value of money and the uses of economy.

They are inured to labour, and to which they habituate their horses, allowing them refreshment but once in twenty-four hours.

To resign oneself, to habituate oneself to the course of the world which passes so changingly.

I felt that all my philosophy was needed, to reconcile and habituate myself to my altered circumstances.

It is very shy in its nature, and cannot habituate itself to captivity.

He wished, so he wrote, to habituate me to habits of good order and economy, and keep me from the commission of follies.

These occupations render them robust, and habituate them to fatigue.

Word Value for habituate
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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