4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Accustom \Ac*cus"tom\, n. Custom. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to practice it in greater. --Adventurer. [1913 Webster] Syn: To habituate; inure; exercise; train. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Accustom \Ac*cus"tom\, v. i. 1. To be wont. [Obs.] --Carew. [1913 Webster] 2. To cohabit. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] We with the best men accustom openly; you with the basest commit private adulteries. --Milton. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: accustom v : make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music" [syn: {habituate}]
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