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–verb (used with object)

to familiarize by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME < MF acoustumer. See ac-, custom

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ac·cus·tom (ə-kŭs'təm)

tr.v. ac·cus·tomed, ac·cus·tom·ing, ac·cus·toms
To familiarize, as by constant practice, use, or habit: I have accustomed myself to working long hours.

[Middle English accustomen, from Old French acostumer : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + costume, custom; see custom.]

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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.

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.

Accustom

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.

Accustom

Ac*cus"tom\, n. Custom. [Obs.] --Milton.

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Language Translation for : accustom

Spanish: acostumbrarse,

German: gewöhnen,