acclimatize, v.
(əˈklaɪmətaɪz)
[f. Fr. acclimater: see acclimate + -ize. A more recent and more common adaptation of Fr. acclimater than acclimate.]
1. trans. To habituate or inure to a new climate, or to one not natural. lit. and fig.
| 1836 Macgillivray Trav. of Humboldt xi. 128 Having in some measure become acclimatized. 1876 C. M. Davies Unorth. Lond. 289, I have long since learned to get readily acclimatized to unfamiliar ecclesiastical surroundings. 1880 Gunther Fishes 185 Attempts to acclimatise particularly useful species in countries in which they were not indigenous. |
2. refl. and intr. To grow or become habituated to a new climate.
| 1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 63 The settlers acclimatise to the new locality. 1877 Dowden Shaks. Prim. vi. 144 He cannot acclimatise himself, as Alcibiades can, to the harsh and polluted air of the world. |