Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To applaud. Waterhouse.
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- verb rare To
acclaim . - verb Common misspelling of
acclimate .
Etymologies
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Perhaps a backformation from acclamation.
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Examples
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I have been a teacher in another country for 11 years and found that immersion is the only way to acclamate foreign students into an education system.
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