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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of habituate.

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Examples

  • If it's because it concentrates bears and habituates them to humans as food providers (likely and realistic issues), then I'm totally in favor of full enforcement of the law without prejudice.

    On Baiting For The Camera 2009

  • If it's because it concentrates bears and habituates them to humans as food providers (likely and realistic issues), then I'm totally in favor of full enforcement of the law without prejudice.

    On Baiting For The Camera 2009

  • The concept is that the timeout habituates the child to being separated when he misbehaves or loses control so that he can eventually learn to separate himself from the compelling-but-clearly-not-the-right-thing-to-do or from a tough situation in which he may react emotionally.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • The concept is that the timeout habituates the child to being separated when he misbehaves or loses control so that he can eventually learn to separate himself from the compelling-but-clearly-not-the-right-thing-to-do or from a tough situation in which he may react emotionally.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • The concept is that the timeout habituates the child to being separated when he misbehaves or loses control so that he can eventually learn to separate himself from the compelling-but-clearly-not-the-right-thing-to-do or from a tough situation in which he may react emotionally.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • The concept is that the timeout habituates the child to being separated when he misbehaves or loses control so that he can eventually learn to separate himself from the compelling-but-clearly-not-the-right-thing-to-do or from a tough situation in which he may react emotionally.

    You Raising Your Child Michael F. Roizen 2010

  • My take on it is thus: if your brain continuously gets signals that you are drinking something sweet, but nothing sweet ends up in your stomach, eventually your body habituates and figures out that tasting something sweet does not mean it needs to produce insulin.

    Archive 2009-05-01 JLK 2009

  • My take on it is thus: if your brain continuously gets signals that you are drinking something sweet, but nothing sweet ends up in your stomach, eventually your body habituates and figures out that tasting something sweet does not mean it needs to produce insulin.

    Artifical Sweeteners & The Like JLK 2009

  • Understanding something about the world of art just habituates us to living in a world which is strange, not a world that's capturable and containable, and I think that's good for us as people of faith.

    What Difference Does it Make? - The Gospel in Contemporary Culture Questions & Answers Session 2008

  • But there is a worse thing in store for the bold man who habituates himself to eat a dozen dishes at once: when there are but few dishes served, out of pure habit he will feel himself half starved, whilst his neighbour, accustomed to send his sop down by help of a single relish, will feast merrily, be the dishes never so few.

    Memorabilia 2007

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