0 to (cause to) change to suit different conditions of life, weather, etc.: --
"Why is it that it rains all the time in England?" "Don't worry - you'll soon acclimatize."
The defending champion has acclimatized to the 90°F sunshine by spending the past month in Florida.
We found it impossible to acclimatize ourselves to the new working conditions.
More time will be needed for the troops and equipment to become acclimatized to desert conditions.
Lean individuals acclimatize to heat more effectively than those who are obese and the increase in body size during pregnancy could be detrimental.
Infected snails and test solutions were acclimatized to each experimental temperature as required.
They were allowed to acclimatize to the new area for 5- 6 days before being exposed to constant darkness for 9 days.
Their bodies acclimatized to the tropical sun, they have a "considerably deeper" eye socket (to cope with glare) and "considerably colder" skin (2: 11).
The flexibility of plant bioenergetics helps plants to acclimatize to environmental stresses.
This period enabled the birds to acclimatize to their new environment and to ensure that there was no residual effect of the anthelmintic.
These two containers were placed side-by-side against a white background and the amphipods were given 10 min to acclimatize before filming started.
The collected gammarids were transported to the laboratory into buckets of lake water, where they were acclimatized over a few hours to room temperature.