acculturate

• Back-formation from acculturation; first attested in 1923

• IPA^(key): /ə.ˈkʌl.tʃə.ˌɹeɪt/

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 advanced culture.
2. (transitive) To cause (a person) to acquire the culture of society, starting at birth.
3. (intransitive) To be changed by acculturation.

• acculturation

acculturate

1. second-person plural present indicative of acculturare
2. second-person plural imperative of acculturare
3. feminine plural of acculturato