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Acclimatized

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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acclimatized

vb. (en-past of: acclimatize)

Usage examples of "acclimatized".

New World, especially as slaves of negro blood, well acclimatized to tropical heat, were able to survive where white men must have perished by thousands.

The sounds she was making were nonhu-man, but to Jameson's acclimatized ears they were piteous nevertheless.

The shuttle's destination was smaller than that but different in that it was a private moon acclimatized for its owners and not very natural at all.

Our physiological evolution has acclimatized us irredeemably to our current status.