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Habituate

To make accustomed; to accustom; to familiarize.

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Manner of action 8

Addict 76% connected

Addicted; devoted.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drug 76% connected

To drudge; to toil laboriously.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Harden 76% connected

To make hard or harder; to make firm or compact; to indurate; as, to harden clay or iron.

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Hook 76% connected

A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for c…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Indurate 76% connected

Hardened; not soft; indurated.

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Inure 76% connected

To apply in use; to train; to discipline; to use or accustom till use gives little or no pain or inconvenience; to harden; to habituate; to practice…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Smoke 76% connected

The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Teach 76% connected

To impart the knowledge of; to give intelligence concerning; to impart, as knowledge before unknown, or rules for practice; to inculcate as true or i…

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Broader term 7

Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Consume 76% connected

To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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have 76% connected

of Have

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Ingest 76% connected

To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Derivationally related 2

User 74% connected

One who uses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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User 74% connected

One who uses.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Accustom 92% connected

To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Use 92% connected

The act of employing anything, or of applying it to one's service; the state of being so employed or applied; application; employment; conversion to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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