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Definition of Accustom
1. Verb. Make psychologically or physically used (to something). "She became habituated to the background music"
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Harden, Indurate, Inure, Teach, Addict, Hook
Derivative terms: Habit, Habituation, Habituation
Definition of Accustom
1. v. t. To make familiar by use; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to.
2. v. i. To be wont.
3. n. Custom.
Definition of Accustom
1. Verb. (transitive) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with ''to''. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To be wont. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive obsolete) To cohabit. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) Custom. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Accustom
1. to make familiar [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accustom
Literary usage of Accustom
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1844)
"Do't then, said Jove ; not you, but Pallas ; she 710 accustom'd is to vex him
more than you. Juno took this commission willingly. Feeling the whip, away her ..."
2. The Works of Hannah More: With a Sketch of Her Life by Hannah More (1827)
"... and tainted with the prevailing "spirit of intrigue, as to be secretly
corresponding with the eventful page of history, who does not accustom himself to ..."
3. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"We see here the first outline of a policy to which the House of Stuart was
henceforth to accustom itself more and more. This same Duke of York, ..."
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