Meaning of ACCUSTOM
| Pronunciation: | | u'kustum
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| | Definition: | | [v] make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music" |
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| | Synonyms: | | habituate |
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| | See Also: | | addict, alter, change, harden, hook, indurate, inure, teach | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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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