re|ha|bit|u|ate

re|ha|bit|u|ate
re|ha|bit|u|ate «REE huh BIHCH u ayt», transitive verb, intransitive verb, -at|ed, -at|ing.
to make or become habitual again: »

The response…rehabituated when repeated stimuli were reintroduced (Scientific American).


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