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acculturate

ac·cul·tur·ate [ ə kúlchə ràyt ] (past and past participle ac·cul·tur·at·ed, present participle ac·cul·tur·at·ing, 3rd person present singular ac·cul·tur·ates)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. intransitive verb take on other culture: to absorb and assimilate the culture of another group of people or another person

2. transitive verb change culture of somebody: to change somebody's cultural behavior and thinking through contact with another culture

[Mid-20th century. Back-formation <acculturation]

ac·cul·tur·a·tive [ ə kúlchə ràytiv ] adjective
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