acclimate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb get used to a certain climate
    acclimatize; acclimatise.
    • They never acclimatized in Egypt

WordNet


Ac*cli"mate transitive verb
Etymology
F. acclimater; à (l. ad) + climat climate. See Climate.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Acclimated present participle & verbal noun Acclimating
Definitions
  1. To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. J. H. Newman.

Webster 1913