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What does acclimate mean?

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Verb
  1. (transitive, chiefly US) To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
  2. (transitive) To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one.
  3. (intransitive) To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.
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Overwintering herbaceous plants or evergreen trees can only survive the winter seasons of cold climates when they are able to acclimate.
It's important to try to help foreign students acclimate to American universities.
But your body seeks homeostasis, and when you continue to do the same thing for an extended period, your body will eventually acclimate to it.
These factors allow the organism to propagate and acclimate to the host's internal environment.
If the individual is unable to acclimate to the LPF, or move away from it, then symptoms of stress and eventually death will occur.
You don't have to tell your body how to acclimate to new environments, it's wired into our systems.

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