Accustom
[ə'kʌstəm]
Definition
(v. t.) To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to.
(v. i.) To be wont.
(v. i.) To cohabit.
(n.) Custom.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Habituate, inure, use, harden, familiarize, ADDICT, train, discipline, drill, break in.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Habituate, familiarize, form, inure, train, reconcile
ANT:Disaccustom, dishabituate, estrange, wean, alienate
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Definition
v.t. to make familiar by custom: to habituate (with to).—adj. Accus′tomary.—p.adj. Accus′tomed usual: frequent: habituated.—n. Accus′tomedness.
Editor: Yvonne
Examples
- I have also a servant's room for your maid, and, if you can accustom yourself to our family dinner, the thing is arranged at once. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- See what one can accustom himself to. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- That is what we must accustom ourselves to recognize with regard to your brother's family. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And if you cannot, child,' here my aunt rubbed her nose, 'you must just accustom yourself to do without 'em. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- You know, just accustom yourself to talk it over, with your tact and in your quiet way, with him and Ada, and see what you all make of it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The manufacturer has always been accustomed to look for his subsistence from his labour only; the soldier to expect it from his pay. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I see you are accustomed to wearing kid gloves--but some gentlemen are so awkward about putting them on. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He will require to grow accustomed to the sight of the upper world. Plato. The Republic.
- We were growing accustomed to encomiums on wonders that too often proved no wonders at all. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I was accustomed to speak of the larder when I lived with papa and mama, and I use the word almost unconsciously. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- For a long time, though studying and working patiently, I had accustomed myself to robust exercise. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Chadband, at last seeing his opportunity, makes his accustomed signal and rises with a smoking head, which he dabs with his pocket-handkerchief. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Common subject matter accustoms all to a unity of outlook upon a broader horizon than is visible to the members of any group while it is isolated. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It never gives us any insight into the internal structure or operating principle of objects, but only accustoms the mind to pass from one to another. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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