Accustom Definition
ə-kŭstəm
accustomed, accustoms
verb
accustomed, accustoms
To familiarize, as by constant practice, use, or habit.
I have accustomed myself to working long hours.
American Heritage
To make familiar by custom, habit, or use; habituate (to)
Webster's New World
To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure; -- with to.
Wiktionary
noun
(obsolete) Custom.
Wiktionary
Origin of Accustom
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Middle English accustomen from Old French acostumer a- to (from Latin ad- ad–) costume custom custom
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Old French acoustumer, acustumer (Modern French accoutumer) corresponding to a (“to, toward”) + custom. More at custom, costume.
From Wiktionary
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