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habitualize

verb
/hæˈbɪtual.aɪːz/US

Etymology

From habitual + -ize.

  1. derived from *gʰeh₁bʰ-✻ — “to grab, take”
  2. derived from habitus — “character; disposition; habit; physical or emotional condition; attire, dress”
  3. derived from habituālis — “customary; habitual”
  4. inherited from habitual — “of one's inherent disposition”
  5. suffixed as habitualize — “habitual + ize”

Definitions

  1. To classify as a habitual offender (which has implications for sentencing).

  2. To make habitual.

    • The real secret of exercise is to habitualize it, to make it as automatic as eating lunch.

  3. To cause to treat something as habitual

    To cause to treat something as habitual; to familiarize or accustom.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA