v. [f. Fr. acclimater: see ACCLIMATE + -IZE. A more recent and more common adaptation of Fr. acclimater than acclimate.]
1. trans. To habituate or inure to a new climate, or to one not natural. lit. and fig.
1836. Macgillivray, Trav. of Humboldt, xi. 128. Having in some measure become acclimatized.
1876. M. Davies, Unorth. Lond., 289. I have long since learned to get readily acclimatized to unfamiliar ecclesiastical surroundings.
1880. Günther, Fishes, 185. Attempts to acclimatise particularly useful species in countries in which they were not indigenous.
2. refl. and intr. To grow or become habituated to a new climate.
1862. M. Hopkins, Hawaii, 63. The settlers acclimatise to the new locality.
1877. Dowden, Shaks. Prim., vi. 144. He cannot acclimatise himself, as Alcibiades can, to the harsh and polluted air of the world.
