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<hw>Ac*cli`ma*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>acclimation</ets>. See <er>Acclimate</er>.]</ety> <def>Acclimatization.</def>

<h1>Acclimate</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*cli"mate</hw> <tt>(#; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Acclimated</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Acclimating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>acclimater</ets>; <ets>\'85</ets> (l. <ets>ad</ets>) + <ets>climat</ets> climate. See <er>Climate</er>.]</ety> <def>To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.</def>

<i>J. H. Newman.</i>

<h1>Acclimatement</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*cli"mate*ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Acclimation.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Acclimation</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac`cli*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The process of becoming, or the state of being, acclimated, or habituated to a new climate; acclimatization.</def>

<h1>Acclimatizable</h1> <Xpage=11>

<hw>Ac*cli"ma*ti`za*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being acclimatized.</def>

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<h1>Acclimatization</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cli"ma*ti*za"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of acclimatizing; the process of inuring to a new climate, or the state of being so inured.</def>

<i>Darwin.</i>

<h1>Acclimatize</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cli"ma*tize</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Acclimatized</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Acclimatizing</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To inure or habituate to a climate different from that which is natural; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate; said of man, the inferior animals, or plants.</def>

<h1>Acclimature</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cli"ma*ture</hw> <tt>(#; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Caldwell.</i>

<h1>Acclive</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*clive"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Acclivous.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Accliffitous</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cliff"i*tous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Acclivous.</def>

<i>I. Taylor.</i>

<h1>Acclivity</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cliv"i*ty</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Acclivities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>acclivitas</ets>, fr. <ets>acclivis</ets>, <ets>acclivus</ets>, ascending; <ets>ad</ets> + <ets>clivus</ets> a hill, slope, fr. root <ets>kli</ets> to lean. See <er>Lean</er>.]</ety> <def>A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as <i>ascending</i>, in opposition to <i>declivity</i>, or <i>descending</i>; an upward slope; ascent.</def>

<h1>Acclivous</h1> <Xpage=12>

<hw>Ac*cli"vous</hw> <tt>(#; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>acclivis</ets> and <ets>acclivus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to <i>declivous</i>.</def>