About The Word Accustom
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Accustom
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What's The Definition Of Accustom?
[v] make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Accustom: habituate Related Terms | Find terms related to Accustom: See Also | addict | alter | change | harden | hook | indurate | inure | teach Accustom In Webster's Dictionary \Ac*cus"tom\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Accustomed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Accustoming}.] [OF. acostumer, acustumer, F.
accoutumer; [`a] (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom.
See {Custom}.]
To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure;
-- with to.
I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to
fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to
practice it in greater. --Adventurer.
Syn: To habituate; inure; exercise; train.
\Ac*cus"tom\, v. i. 1. To be wont. [Obs.] --Carew. 2. To cohabit. [Obs.] We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. --Milton. \Ac*cus"tom\, n. Custom. [Obs.] --Milton. |
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