Accustom

  • 21accustom — /əˈkʌstəm / (say uh kustuhm) verb (t) to familiarise by custom or use; habituate: to accustom oneself to cold weather. {late Middle English acustume(n), from Old French acostumer, from a to + costume custom} …

  • 22accustom yourself to something — phrase to gradually start to feel that something is normal or natural She had to accustom herself to eating later in the evening. Thesaurus: to become familiar with a new situation or way of livingsynonym people who live in a particular… …

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  • 23accustom oneself to — index endure (suffer) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 24accustom somebody to something — acˈcustom yourself/sb to sth derived to make yourself/sb familiar with sth or become used to it • It took him a while to accustom himself to the idea. • She quickly accustomed herself to the darkness. • Education should accustom children to… …

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  • 25accustom yourself to something — to gradually start to feel that something is normal or natural She had to accustom herself to eating later in the evening …

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  • 26accustom — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French acostomer, from a (from Latin ad ) + custume custom Date: 15th century to make familiar with something through use or experience • accustomation noun …

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  • 27accustom — verb /ə.ˈkəs.təm/ To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; 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. Syn:… …

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  • 28accustom — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. habituate, familiarize, inure. See habit. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. familiarize, habituate, acquaint, adapt, get used to. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make familiar through constant… …

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  • 29accustom — see CUSTOM …

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  • 30accustom — ac·cus·tom || É™ kÊŒstÉ™m v. familiarize, make used to …

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