accustom

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accustom - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Accustom \Ac*cus"tom\, n.
     Custom. [Obs.] --Milton.
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  Accustom \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.
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           I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to
           fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to
           practice it in greater.                  --Adventurer.
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     Syn: To habituate; inure; exercise; train.
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  Accustom \Ac*cus"tom\, v. i.
     1. To be wont. [Obs.] --Carew.
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     2. To cohabit. [Obs.]
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              We with the best men accustom openly; you with the
              basest commit private adulteries.     --Milton.
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accustom - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  accustom
      v 1: make psychologically or physically used (to something);
           "She became habituated to the background music" [syn:
           habituate, accustom]