Definition of "habituates" [habituates]

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

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• "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."
• "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."
• "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."