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.

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.

 

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Ac*cus"tom, v. i.

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.

 

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Ac*cus"tom, n.

Custom.

[Obs.]

Milton.

 

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