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Acclimate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Acclimate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

get used to a certain climate

"They never acclimatized in Egypt"

2

To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.

See Also
acclimated climatize acclimatizer habituate preacclimation environment acclimator acclimating
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
adjust

Origin

The word "acclimate" comes from the French verb acclimater. It originally meant to make someone or something accustomed to a new climate.

Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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