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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Accustomed \Ac*cus"tomed\, a.
1. Familiar through use usual; customary. ``An accustomed
action.'' --Shak.
2. Frequented by customers. [Obs.] ``A well accustomed
shop.'' --Smollett.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
accustomed
adj 1: (often followed by `to') in the habit of or adapted to
"accustomed to doing her own work"; "I've grown
accustomed to her face" [ant: {unaccustomed}]
2: commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed
thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his
habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" [syn: {customary},
{habitual}, {wonted(a)}]
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