acclimate

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Even when the majority of the knee jerkers who swore the game was shit have gotten used the controls and realized that's how the game is supposed to be played and you just have to acclimate, the media will continue to talk about it I guess.

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  1. transitive and intransitive verb To accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt. See Synonyms at harden.

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  • On the downside, if I go on vacation for any amount of time, I need to re-acclimate a little to my own cat when I return.
  • From base camp, climbers typically train and acclimate (permitting the body to adjust to the decreased oxygen in the air) by traveling and bringing supplies back and forth through the often treacherous Khumbu Icefall.
  • Starter towns acclimate players to post-tutorial game play and provide basic needed supplies. —  IGN PC
  • Fortunately, they met a couple who would help them do just that - return Christian to the African wild and train him to acclimate to a life of freedom. —  www.appeal-democrat.com - News :
  • One theory: It took the Jets a half to acclimate themselves to playing on the West Coast. —  The Fifth Down
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  1. French acclimater : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + climat, climate (from Old French; see climate).

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  1. from French acclimater, acclimate, from ac- (Latin ad, to) + climat, climate; cf. Portuguese acclimar, acclimate, from ac- + clima, climate: see climate.
 

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/æˈklaɪmeɪt/
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