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inure collapse: cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate; "He was inured to the cold"

acquaint collapse: inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move"

familiarize collapse: make familiar or acquainted; "you should acquaint yourself with your new computer"; "We familiarized ourselves with the new surroundings"

naturalize collapse: make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"; make more natural or lifelike; adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"; explain with reference to nature

orient collapse: (poetic) eastern; "the orient sun"; determine one's position with reference to another point; cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"; be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"

domesticate collapse: make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"; overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"; adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"

harden collapse: become hard or harder; "The wax hardened"; make hard or harder; "The cold hardened the butter"

haunt collapse: a frequently visited place; haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"; follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"

adapt collapse: make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"

break in collapse: make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"; break so as to call inward; "He broke in the door"; start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role; intrude on uninvited; "The nosy couple broke in on our conversation"; enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"

season collapse: one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"; a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"; a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company"; "she always looked forward to the avocado season"; make fit; "This trip will season even the hardiest traveller"; lend flavor to; "Season the chicken breast after roasting it"

tame collapse: flat and uninspiring; brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"; very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"; correct by punishment or discipline

use collapse: the act of using; "he warned against the use of narcotic drugs"; "skilled in the utilization of computers"; a particular service; "he put his knowledge to good use"; "patrons have their uses"; (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property; "we were given the use of his boat"; use up, consume fully; "The legislature expended its time on school questions"; put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"; take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely"; habitually do something (use only in the past tense); "She used to call her mother every week but now she calls only occasionally"; "I used to get sick when I ate in that dining hall"; "They used to vacation in the Bahamas"; seek or achieve an end by using to one's advantage; "She uses her influential friends to get jobs"; "The president's wife used her good connections"

confirm collapse: make more firm; "Confirm thy soul in self-control!"; establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"; strengthen or make more firm; "The witnesses confirmed the victim's account"; administer the rite of confirmation to; "the children were confirmed in their mother's faith"; support a person for a position; "The Senate confirmed the President's candidate for Secretary of Defense"

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