Accustoming

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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.


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           I shall always fear that he who accustoms himself to
           fraud in little things, wants only opportunity to
           practice it in greater.                  --Adventurer.
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     Syn: To habituate; inure; exercise; train.
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