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accustom

[uh-kuhs-tuhm]

verb (used with object)

  1. to familiarize by custom or use; habituate.

    to accustom oneself to cold weather.



accustom

/ əˈʌə /

verb

  1. to make (oneself) familiar (with) or used (to), as by practice, habit, or experience

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • preaccustom verb (used with object)
  • reaccustom verb (used with object)
  • unaccustom verb (used with object)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of accustom1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Middle French word acoustumer. See ac-, custom
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of accustom1

C15: from Old French acostumer, from costume custom
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The em dash is already quite accustomed to controversy, with a long history of charming and bedeviling authors, journalists and academics.

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It is, however, different from the visual language that U2 fans are accustomed to seeing.

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Getting accustomed to what used to seem unthinkable can feel like an accomplishment.

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The text becomes a straitjacket for a princely son who doesn’t seem accustomed to Shakespearean rigors.

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Losing at the French Open is not something Iga Swiatek is accustomed to.

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