Assuetude

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

  Assuetude \As"sue*tude\, n. [L. assuetudo, fr. assuetus
     accustomed.]
     Accustomedness; habit; habitual use.
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           Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their


           force to hurt.                           --Bacon.
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