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acclimaté — acclimaté, ée (a kli ma té, tée) part. passé. Plantes acclimatées. Le cerisier transporté en Italie par Lucullus était, cent ans après, acclimaté dans la Grande Bretagne. Troupes acclimatées. Le cheval depuis longtemps acclimaté en Amérique … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acclimate — (v.) 1792, from Fr. acclimater, from à to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + climat (see CLIMATE (Cf. climate)). Related: Acclimated; acclimating. The extended form ACCLIMATIZE (Cf. acclimatize) is now more common … Etymology dictionary
acclimate — acclimatize, *harden, season Analogous words: accustom, *habituate: *adapt, adjust, conform … New Dictionary of Synonyms
acclimate — [v] make or become adjusted, adapted acclimatize, accommodate, acculture, accustom, climatize, conform, get used to, habituate, harden, season, toughen; concepts 202,701 … New thesaurus
acclimate — [ak′lə māt΄, ə klī′mət] vt., vi. acclimated, acclimating [Fr acclimater: see AD & CLIMATE] to accustom or become accustomed to a different climate, environment, or circumstances, as by physiological or psychological changes acclimation n … English World dictionary
acclimate — UK [ˈæklɪmeɪt] / US [əˈklaɪmət] / US [ˈæklɪˌmeɪt] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms acclimate : present tense I/you/we/they acclimate he/she/it acclimates present participle acclimating past tense acclimated past participle acclimated… … English dictionary
acclimate — I acclimate, acclimatize (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. accustom, inure, habituate. See habit. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. adapt, accommodate, adjust, become accustomed to; see adjust 1 , conform . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… … English dictionary for students
acclimate — verb ( mated; mating) Etymology: French acclimater, from a (from Latin ad ) + climat climate Date: 1792 transitive verb to adapt to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation intransitive verb to become accli … New Collegiate Dictionary
acclimate — acclimatable /euh kluy mi teuh beuhl/, adj. acclimation /ak leuh may sheuhn/, n. /ak leuh mayt , euh kluy mit/, v.t., v.i., acclimated, acclimating. to accustom or become accustomed to a new climate or environment; adapt. [1785 95; < F acclimater … Universalium
