Assuefaction

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assuefaction \As`sue*fac"tion\, n. [L. assuefacere to accustom
     to; assuetus (p. p. of assuescere to accustom to) + facere to
     make; cf. OF. assuefaction.]
     The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed;
     habituation. [Obs.]
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           Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by
           assuefaction introduce a nature.         --Jer. Taylor.
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