English Explanatory Dictionary

habitualize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To classify as a habitual offender (which has implications for sentencing).
  2. To make habitual.
  3. To cause to treat something as habitual; to familiarize or accustom.

Pronunciation

/hæˈbɪtual.aɪːz/ [hæˈbɪt͡ʃʰəl.aɪːz] [hæˈbɪt͡ʃʰuə̯l.aɪːz] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-habitualize.wav

Word forms

habitualize habitualizes habitualizing habitualized habitualise

Etymology

From habitual + -ize.

Derived words

habitualization
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