Ha*bit"u*ate (-&asl;t), a. Firmly
established by custom; formed by habit; habitual. [R.]
Hammond.
Ha*bit"u*ate (-āt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Habituated (- ā`t&ebreve;d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Habituating (-ā`t&ibreve;ng).]
[L. habituatus, p. p. of habituare to bring into
a condition or habit of body: cf. F. habituer. See Habit.]
1. To make
accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
Our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime.
Sir K. Digby. Men
are first corrupted . . . and next they
habituate themselves to their vicious
practices.
Tillotson. 2. To settle as
an inhabitant. [Obs.]
Sir W. Temple.
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