habituative

comparative more habituative · superlative most habituative

1. Related to habitual behavior.

   It is hypothesized that amobarbitol raises the threshold this particular frequency by suppressing the processing capabilities of the habituative system in the rat.

   1981, {unattributed}, Physiological Psychology - Volume 9 - Page 19

plural habituatives

1. grammarverb form expressing habitual action or condition

   "The habituative and progressive do not co-occur with the perfective. You may choose either the habituative or the progressive or both, but if the progressive is chosen the predicator following must be a verb and not a verbal adjective."

   1988, Alan R. Thomas, Methods in Dialectology: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference ...