"acculturate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ə.ˈkʌl.t͡ʃə.ˌɹeɪt/ Forms: acculturates [present, singular, third-person], acculturating [participle, present], acculturated [participle, past], acculturated [past]
Etymology: * Back-formation from acculturation; first attested in 1923 Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|acculturation}} Back-formation from acculturation Head templates: {{en-verb}} acculturate (third-person singular simple present acculturates, present participle acculturating, simple past and past participle acculturated)
  1. (transitive) To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more dominant culture. Tags: transitive Translations (to change the culture of a person by the influence of another culture): acculturer (French), akkulturieren (German), aculturar (Portuguese), aculturar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-acculturate-en-verb-VOcntnGP Disambiguation of 'to change the culture of a person by the influence of another culture': 61 37 2
  2. (transitive) To cause (a person) to acquire the culture of society, starting at birth. Tags: transitive Translations (to cause a person to acquire the culture of a society, starting at birth): aculturar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-acculturate-en-verb-B0YuXJWG Disambiguation of 'to cause a person to acquire the culture of a society, starting at birth': 16 83 1
  3. (intransitive) To be changed by acculturation. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-acculturate-en-verb-h~D7DjTw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 30 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 30 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acculturative, reacculturate Related terms: acculturation

Inflected forms

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