Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Acclimatization: chiefly used in transcription from the French: as, the Acclimatation Society of Nantes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Acclimatization.

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  • noun rare Acclimatization.

Etymologies

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From French acclimatation.

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Examples

  • Ultimately, if destined for acclimatation, you will cease to suffer from these special conditions; but ere this can be, a long period of nervous irritability must be endured; and fevers must thin the blood, soften the muscles, transform the Northern tint of health to a dead brown.

    Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877

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