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Accustom
Pronunciation : Ac*cus"tom
Part of Speech : v. t. [imp. & p. p. Accustomed; p. pr. & vb. n. Accustoming.]
Etymology : [OF. acostumer, acustumer, F. accoutumer; ? (L. ad) + OF. costume, F. coutume, custom. See Custom.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ac*cus"tom
Part of Speech : v. i.
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ac*cus"tom
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Custom. [Obs.] Milton.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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