Acclimate

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Definition of the verb acclimate

What does acclimate mean as a doing word?

verb - inflections: acclimated | acclimating | acclimates

1. get used to a certain climate
   • lexical domain: Change - verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
   • synonyms of acclimate: acclimatise / acclimatize
   • more generic words: adapt / adjust / conform = adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions

Alternative definition of the verb acclimate

verb

1. [transitive, chiefly US] To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
   • synonyms: acclimatize, accommodate, acculture, accustom, climatize, conform, get used to, habituate, harden, season, toughen

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The Physiology of Plants Under Stress (2000)

Soil and Biotic Factors by David M. Orcutt, Erik T. Nilsen

Another experiment that is used to determine the ability of a character to acclimate is the reciprocal transplant. In this case, individuals from a population that have different morphology or physiology are reciprocally transplanted into the area ...

Biology of Oysters (2017)

by Brian Leicester Bayne

The time taken to acclimate is a potential constraint on the benefits that accrue; a physiological compensation that requires days to ...

Crabb's English Synonymes (1917)

by George Crabb

Acclimate means to become accustomed to the climate of a new country. It may also be used figuratively in an extended sense to mean ...

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia (1904)

A Work of Universal Reference in All Departments of Knowledge, with a New Atlas of the World by William Dwight Whitney

accitmatalion, < acclimaler, acclimate: sec acclimate] Acclimatization: chiefly used in transcription from the ...

Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technologies and Adult Education Integration (2010)

by Wang, Victor C. X.

Orientation: A program of specialized inperson activities that a higher education institution organizes to orient, acclimate, socialize, and welcome new college students to campus that usually occurs before the first week of classes begin during ...

To the Point: A Dictionary of Concise Writing (2014)

by Robert Hartwell Fiske

acclimatize acclimate. • Perhaps your company has recently hired several Nigerian accountants, and you want to help them successfully acclimatize to your corporate ...

The Million Word Crossword Dictionary (2010)

by Stanley Newman, Daniel Stark

train 6 adjust, harden, orient, season 7 break in 8 acquaint, indurate 9 acclimate, condition, get used to, habituate, reconcile accustomed: 4 wont 5 prone, typic, usual 6 common, normal 7 grooved, regular, routine, trained, typical 8 accepted, ...

The Mountain Encyclopedia (2005)

An A to Z Compendium of Over 2,250 Terms, Concepts, Ideas, and People by Frederic Hartemann, Robert Hauptman

Failure to acclimate may result in acute mountain sickness (AMS) or even death. During this complex physiological process, the body produces an increased amount of red blood cells to compensate for the lower partial pressure of oxygen ...

The Oxford Dictionary of Difficult Words (2004)

by Archie Hobson

respond physiologically or behaviorally to a change in a single environmental factor: trees may acclimate to high CO2 levels by reducing the number of stomata. DERIVATIVES: ac•cli•ma•tion |fækl/ emM¥/n| n. ac•cli•ma• tize ...

Fowler's Dictionary of Modern English Usage (2015)

by Henry Watson Fowler, Jeremy Butterfield

acclimate, acclimatize. Both words mean 'to become or to cause to become accustomed to a new climate', literally or metaphorically. Acclimate is the slightly older form, being first recorded from 1792 , and ...

The International Encyclopaedic Dictionary ... (1901)

[AccLIMATE.] “The native inhabitants and acclimated Europeans enjoy a state of health the most perfect.”—Crawford: Commixture of Races. täc-cli'-mate-mênt, s. Acclimatization. äc-cli'-mat-Ing, pr. par. [AccLIMATE.] ...

The Encyclopædic Dictionary (1879)

A New and Original Work of Reference to All the Words in the English Language, with a Full Account of Their Origin, Meaning, Pronunciation, and Use by Robert Hunter

[ACCLIMATE.] Acclimatisation (q.v.). ". . . the meani of arfllmrition and culture." — * .- Encyci. of Agriculture. ac cli ma tt sa tion, ac cli ma tl tion, [ACCLIMATIZE.] 1. The process of inuring a human being, one of the inferior animals, or a plant, to a ...

Hal Leonard Pocket Rhyming Dictionary (2003)

by Jana Ranson

abdicate, abnegate, abrogate, acclimate, acetate, adequate, adulate, adumbrate, advocate, aggravate ...

The New American Encyclopedic Dictionary (1906)

An Exhaustive Dictionary of the English Language : Practical and Comprehensive : Giving the Fullest Definition (encyclopedic in Detail), the Origin, Pronunciation and Use of Words by Robert Hunter, Edward Thomas Roe, Le Roy Hooker, Thomas W. Handford

[AccLIMATE.] “The native inhabitants and acclimated Europeans enjoy a state of health the most perfect.”—Crawfords Commiacture of Races. täc-cli'-mate-mênt, s . Acclimatization. âc-cli'-mat-Ing, pr. par. [AccLIMATE.] täc-cli-mä -tion, s.

Encyclopedia of Immigration and Migration in the American West (2006)

by Gordon Morris Bakken, Alexandra Kindell

The efforts of missionaries, especially the Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, helped acclimate the Polynesians to the Anglo-American world and vice versa. This also led to U.S. involvement in these areas as the United States attempted to spread ...

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Scrabble value of A₁C₃C₃L₁I₁M₃A₁T₁E₁

The value of this 9-letter word is 15 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.

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