habituate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *habituate*:
VERB	consumption	habituate, use	take or consume (regularly or habitually)
change	habituate, accustom	make psychologically or physically used (to something)

English > *habituate*: 2 senses > verb 1, consumption
Meaning	Take or consume (regularly or habitually).
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonym	use
Entailed by	addict, hook	To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
Narrower	drug, do drugs	Use recreational drugs
Narrower	smoke	inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
Broader	consume, ingest, take in, take, have	Serve oneself to, or consume regularly
Spanish	usar, utilizar
Nouns	habit	(psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation
Nouns	habit	an established custom

English > *habituate*: 2 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	make psychologically or physically used (to something).
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody PP
Example	"She became habituated to the background music"
Synonym	accustom
Narrower	addict, hook	To cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug)
	inure, harden, indurate	Cause to accept or become hardened to
	teach	accustom gradually to some action or attitude
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Spanish	acostumbrarse, acostumbrar, habituar, soler
Catalan	acostumar, habituar, soler
Nouns	habit	excessive use of drugs
	habituation	a general accommodation to unchanging environmental conditions
	habituation	being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)

HyperDic: habituate