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disaccustom

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dis⋅ac⋅cus⋅tom

  [dis-uh-kuhs-tuhm]
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–verb (used with object)
to cause to lose a habit: In the country I was quickly disaccustomed of sleeping late.
Origin:
1475–85; < AF desacustumer; MF, OF. See dis- 1 , accustom
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dis·ac·cus·tom   (dĭs'ə-kŭs'təm)   
tr.v.   dis·ac·cus·tomed, dis·ac·cus·tom·ing, dis·ac·cus·toms
To render (a person) unaccustomed to something to which the person has been previously accustomed; cause to break a habit.

[Middle English disacustome, from Old French desacostumer : des-, dis- + acostumer, to accustom; see accustom.]
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