habituate

Etymology

Latin habituatus, past participle of habituare (“to bring into a condition or habit of body”).

Verb

habituate (third-person singular simple present habituates, present participle habituating, simple past and past participle habituated)

1. To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.
   • Sir K. Digby

     our English dogs, who were habituated to a colder clime

   • Tillotson

     Men are first corrupted […] and next they habituate themselves to their vicious practices.

2. To settle as an inhabitant.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir W. Temple to this entry?)