acclimatize
English edit
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- acclimatise (chiefly British)
Etymology edit
acclimate + -ize. First attested in 1836.
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Verb edit
acclimatize (third-person singular simple present acclimatizes, present participle acclimatizing, simple past and past participle acclimatized)
- (intransitive) To get used to a new climate, or to a new situation.
- acclimatize to the new regulations
- (transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.
- acclimatize the staff to the new regulations
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to get used to a new climate
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to make used to a new climate or a new set of circumstances
aklimatyzować (pl) impf (someone/something else), zaaklimatyzować pf ((someone/something else)), aklimatyzować się impf (oneself), zaaklimatyzować się pf (oneself)
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