acclimate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

acclimate
    v 1: get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in
         Egypt" [syn: {acclimatize}, {acclimatise}, {acclimate}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Acclimate \Ac*cli"mate\ (#; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Acclimated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Acclimating}.] [F. acclimater;
   [`a] (l. ad) + climat climate. See {Climate}.]
   To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. --J. H.
   Newman.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "acclimate":
      acclimatize, accommodate, accustom, adapt, adjust, break, break in,
      case harden, condition, confirm, domesticate, domesticize,
      establish, familiarize, fix, gentle, habituate, harden, housebreak,
      inure, naturalize, orient, orientate, season, tame, toughen, train,
      wont

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