Reacclimatizes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To readjust to a particular environment after an earlier adaptation has taken place
2. To become familiar with and acclimate again to changed conditions or surroundings one has previously encountered
3. Undergoes the process of becoming accustomed again to environmental conditions after having been adapted before

Etymology: "Reacclimatizes" is the third-person singular form of "reacclimatize," meaning to adjust once again to a surroundings, climate, or conditions after having been away from them. The verb is built from the prefix "re-," meaning again, attached to "acclimatize," so its literal sense is "to acclimatize again." "Acclimatize" itself is the older base. It is formed from "acclimate" with the suffix "-ize," which turns a noun or adjective into a verb, and "acclimate" comes from the French "acclimater," meaning to adapt to a new climate. The root idea is the climate, a Greek word for the slope or inclination of the earth that determined the weather of a region.

Synonyms: readjusts, acclimates, adapts, reassimilates, reorient

Antonyms: disacclimatizes, unadjusts, disorients, alienates, isolates