conditioneth

Verb

condition (third-person singular simple present conditions, present participle conditioning, simple past and past participle conditioned)

1. To subject to the process of acclimation.
   • I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.
2. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
   • They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
3. (transitive) To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
   • After some opposition, Marianne yielded to her sister's entreaties, and consented to go out […] She expressly conditioned, however, for paying no visits […]1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume II, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC
4. (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
   • Yet seas that daily gain upon the shore / Have ebb and flow conditioning their march, / And slow and sure comes up the golden year.1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Golden Year”, in Poems. […], 4th edition, volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], published 1846, →OCLC, page 89
5. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
   • The children were conditioned to speak up if they had any disagreements.
6. (transitive) To treat, especially hair with hair conditioner.
   • Experiments on steep inclines in the United States showed that washing the rails with a detergent to remove oil and grease resulted in a marked improvement; but conditioning the rails with a special neutralising chemical completely eliminated slipping on a bank on which it was so common as to...1956 May, “Eliminating Slipping of Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 280

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