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4 definitions found 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]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Accustom \Ac*cus"tom\, n. Custom. [Obs.] --Milton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: accustom v : make used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music" [syn: {habituate}]
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