/heuh bich"ooh ayt'/ , v. , habituated, habituating .
v.t.
1. to accustom (a person, the mind, etc.), as to a particular situation: Wealth habituated him to luxury.
2. Archaic. to frequent.
v.i.
3. to cause habituation, physiologically or psychologically.
[ 1520-30; habituatus conditioned, constituted, (ptp. of habituare ), equiv. to habitu ( s ) HABIT 1 + -atus -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 1. familiarize, acclimate, train.