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Definition of Accustoms
1. accustom [v] - See also: accustom
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accustoms
Literary usage of Accustoms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1883)
"... and of miracle, and by this means accustoms the mind to explain the vicissitudes
of affairs by natural considerations, instead of, as heretofore, ..."
2. Religio Grammatici: The Religion of a Man of Letters by Gilbert Murray (1918)
"... understanding is really a great benefit to contemporary and future work,
because it accustoms the reader or spectator to the expectation of effort. ..."
3. The Physiology of Common Life by George Henry Lewes (1859)
"... of ventilation—Gorman taverns—How the organism accustoms itself to bad air—Effect
of bad air in depressing the vital functions—Respiration a vital, ..."
4. Moral Philosophy, Or, The Duties of Man Considered in His Individual, Social by George Combe (1863)
"... presents objects of respect to the people, and accustoms them to deference
and obedience; (2.) That it establishes a refined and polished class. who, ..."
5. The School World (1905)
"It is an excellent method of communication between the parent and the teacher,
being regular and systematic, and it accustoms the children to book-keeping ..."
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