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Meaning of ASSUEFACTION

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\As`sue*fac"tion\, n. [L. assuefacere to accustom
to; assuetus (p. p. of assuescere to accustom to) + facere to
make; cf. OF. assuefaction.]
The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed;
habituation. [Obs.]
      Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by
      assuefaction introduce a nature.         --Jer. Taylor.
 
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