habituating — ha bit·u·ate || hÉ™ bɪtʃʊeɪt v. make one accustomed to, familiarize … English contemporary dictionary
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Habituate — Ha*bit u*ate (h[.a]*b[i^]t [ u]*[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Habituated} (h[.a]*b[i^]t [ u]*[=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Habituating} (h[.a]*b[i^]t [ u]*[=a] t[i^]ng).] [L. habituatus, p. p. of habituare to bring into a condition or habit of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Habituated — Habituate Ha*bit u*ate (h[.a]*b[i^]t [ u]*[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Habituated} (h[.a]*b[i^]t [ u]*[=a] t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Habituating} (h[.a]*b[i^]t [ u]*[=a] t[i^]ng).] [L. habituatus, p. p. of habituare to bring into a condition or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Habituation — Ha*bit u*a tion (h[.a]*b[i^]t [ u]*[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. habituation.] The act of habituating, or accustoming; the state of being habituated. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
habituation — noun Date: 15th century 1. the process of habituating ; the state of being habituated 2. a. tolerance to the effects of a drug acquired through continued use b. psychological dependence on a drug after a period of use compare addiction 3.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
khat — also qat or kat noun Etymology: Arabic qāt Date: 1858 a shrub (Catha edulis) of the staff tree family cultivated in the Middle East and Africa for its leaves and buds that are the source of a habituating stimulant when chewed or used as a tea;… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Naïve physics — or folk physics is the untrained human perception of basic physical phenomena. In the field of artificial intelligence the study of naïve physics is a part of the effort to formalize the common knowledge of human beings. Many ideas of folk… … Wikipedia
Sexual objectification — Sex object redirects here. For other uses, see Sex object (disambiguation) Sexual objectification refers to the practice of regarding or treating another person merely as an instrument (object) towards one s sexual pleasure, and a sex object is a … Wikipedia
